Russia Is Ready For War In The Arctic

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National Interest: How Russia Is Getting Ready for War in the Arctic

Or, at the very least, increasing its military capabilites.

Sharp Russian-NATO tensions on the Baltic sea and in the Kerch Strait can obscure day-to-day developments in a more remote, but increasingly militarized zone of great-power competition: the Arctic.

As Russian president Vladimir Putin stated several years ago , “Over decades, step by step, Russia has built up, strengthened its positions in the Arctic, and our goal is not only to regain them, but also to qualitatively strengthen them.”

And Russia has, in fact, heavily bolstered its Arctic presence in the recent years. There are forty Russian Icebreakers operating in the Arctic, supported by six Russian military bases equipped with several S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems.

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Update: Russia says will build up Arctic military presence (AFP)

WNU Editor: This Russian buildup has been going on for a very long time .... Russia's Militarization Of The Arctic Continues (March 19, 2015).

Update #2: An interesting read .... Militaries are building up in the Arctic, but a new Cold War there is a myth (Danita Catherine Burke, The Conversation).