Did you know that, by 2022, more advanced fighter jets will be based in Alaska than anywhere else in the world? “Whoever holds Alaska will hold the world,” declared a US general a few years before …
China’s advances in Arctic may pose security threat to Canada
The arctic is becoming increasingly militarized as countries, including China, jostle for positions and to protect trading lanes and claims of different sorts. And while Canada has downplayed threats …
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China identifies site for heavy duty Antarctic airstrip
China is looking to build its first permanent airfield in Antarctica, which will serve the five stations it has on the continent. Such a strip will allow the PLA’s largest planes to take off and land …
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The Navy sends a carrier back to Russia’s Arctic haunts for the first time since 1991
The U.S. Navy has sent an aircraft carrier into the Norwegian Sea in the arctic circle, the first time since 1991, as part of a NATO exercise. The change is due both to the expanding accessibility of …
UK lawmakers urge investment in Arctic capabilities
The House of Commons Defense Committee has called upon UK ministers to be “extremely wary” of Russia’s military intentions and capabilities in the Arctic region, and to expand the country’s own arctic …
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US may be falling behind in the Arctic
New strategic shipping lanes and a number of natural resources have become accessible due to continued meltdown of the polar ice cap. And, while Russia and China have made the Arctic a strategic …
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China Investing in Infrastructure Near the Arctic
"China sees the expanding global markets for natural gas and minerals as solid reasons to invest heavily in exploration, development and infrastructure from Canada to Greenland to Russia, a panel of …
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Chinese oilmen make huge strike in Russia’s Arctic waters
"The Independent Barents Observer reports that a Chinese rig drilling in the Arctic waters of the Kara Sea has been credited with finding one of Russia’s largest reserves of liquefied natural gas …
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Soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines — and Coasties, too — test arctic war-fighting skills in Alaska exercise
"Marines and soldiers trucked and stomped through snow drifts, practicing basic patrolling and survival skills, while sailors, Coast Guardsmen and airmen planned air and maritime defense for the …
US Marines join 5,000 troops for Arctic maneuvers in Norway
"contingent of US Marines are among the 350 allied soldiers that have joined Arctic maneuvers in Norway this week involving a total of 5,000 troops, according to the Independent Barents …
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