CBC: NATO chief tours Arctic defences as Canada comes under pressure to guard the Far North
Secretary general receives security briefing, observes annual military exercise NATO's secretary general got an up-close look at Canada's northern defences — and culture — on Thursday during a visit to the Arctic, a region of escalating geopolitical competition.
Accompanied by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Jens Stoltenberg had a first-hand look at a North Warning System radar station in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut — part of a system due to be modernized as part of a multibillion-dollar refurbishment of NORAD, the North American air defence system.
Stoltenberg was given a full security briefing by Canada's top military commander, Gen. Wayne Eyre.
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WNU Editor: This is the first time that a NATO Secretary-General has visited the Arctic.
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