Russia is inferior to the United States and NATO in the number of military facilities in the Arctic.
There are 50 military facilities of foreign states in the Arctic, such as the USA, Canada, Denmark, Norway, Iceland. This was announced by the Commander of the Northern Fleet, Admiral Alexander Moiseev, within the framework of the strategic session “Security Architecture of the Arctic Region: Ahead of the Challenges of Time” of the XI International Forum “Arctic: Present and Future”.
According to him, these countries have 22 airfields in the Arctic region, 23 naval bases, as well as 4 nuclear-strike warning radars. Up to 19 thousand people are at these facilities on a permanent basis.
Moiseev admits that Russia is significantly inferior to the United States and NATO in terms of the number of military facilities in the Arctic. Our country is exclusively in the interests of the security of the military security of the state. “The Russian Federation observes the principles of good-neighborliness and cooperation within the framework of international law and takes steps to restore the regions lost during the collapse of the USSR,” Moiseev said.
He notes that the US and NATO navies carry out regular single and group ship trips to the Barents Sea. “We are observing an increase in the duration of the period of presence of submarines and surface ships of the US Navy in the Barents and Norwegian Seas,” said Moiseev. He noted that over the past three years in the Arctic, there has been a steady growth in US Air Force bomber aviation. “In 2016-2018, the flights of American strategic bombers in the Barents and Norwegian Seas were carried out by isolated events. In 2019-2021, flights were carried out systematically with increasing intensity,” the admiral said.