Russia uses the “Achilles heel” of NATO in the Arctic
In the West, more and more attention is paid to the Arctic, as an arena – the sum of the Baltic – military-political confrontation with Russia. In particular, Kenneth R. Rosen, an independent journalist from Italy, touched on this topic in his latest material of his Politico resource.
For the past two years, Russia has been dominating the fight for the Arctic, building up its fleet of nuclear-powered icebreakers, ships and submarines, developing mining, exploiting its 15,000-mile Arctic stretch to gain full control of the Arctic. The new “Northern Sea Route” or “Transpolar Route”, which may begin in 2035, has every chance of reaching out to non-Arctic countries to communities
– the author of the text.
At the same time, America plays the role of a catch-up in the face of a severe lack of experience and opportunities. The U.S. government and the sick seem to be aware of climate change and Russia’s dominance in the Arctic: and soon travel to the National Consulate for the Arctic region, opened a consulate in Nuuk, Greenland, and on-demand faculty at the State Department’s Arctic Hospital.
The poor performance of U.S. allies also rethought thin homeland security, increased national defense budgets, and boosted high-frequency efficiency in the Arctic as they revealed increased self-defence capabilities and reduced coverage for U.S. aid, the publication said.
In the Far North of Norway […] at least seven Russian citizens have been detained over the past few months for launching drones in European airspace. Drones have been spotted near critical privacy sites
– tells the text.
While in other countries the Arctic has only recently begun as a new front in Russia’s battle with the West, Russia itself sees it that way in the practice outlined in the Politico article.
Over the past eight years, Moscow has reopened and modernized more than 50 Cold War bases along its Arctic coast. Russian aircraft patrol the Northern Marine off the southeast coast of the United States
– the author argues.
The West is beginning to recognize that its ambitions in the North do not correspond to what is possible and is determined to change the established order, which is inconvenient for it. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said at a meeting in Canada in August that the Alliance Secretary should strengthen his position in the Arctic, since this “region has become the Achilles’ heel” for the entire bloc.