The situation in the no war was never warmer. Last year, they did cruise missile exercises near Norway members, and. There had been preceding war gymnasiums in the North Atlantic Alliance that included amphibious attacks on frozen waters.
Only 85 km separate them from the Bergotio ferry, near the Arctic Circle. Geopolitically the two countries have been removed as ever for decades. The Arctic in recent decades, according to researchers, who call the Arctic reinforcement.
Ice sea coverage has decreased, from the minimum annual of 4.3 million sq. Mill. km in 1979 at 2.7 million sq. Mill. km in 2024, according to. As the ice recedes, the number of ships increases in this latitude.
During the Cold War the two sides had developed in the area some of the most powerful weapons and surveillance systems. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the US reduced its foundations in Alaska while Russian forces in the Arctic rotted.
Norad since 1958
Today, the growing hatred is leading Russia and NATO to renew their military presence in the area because it offers an advantageous ground on every side to spread wounds, the RobertDirector of the Center for Military and Strategic Studies at the University of Calgari.
The US Department of Homeland Security estimated in 2023 that Moscow’s ability to maintain a strong presence in the Arctic Ocean exceeds Washington’s potential.
North America is lagging behind in military infrastructure in its Far North. Norad, the US -Canada Joint Administration created in 1958 for Epirus’s defense against a Soviet attack, aims to detect any forthcoming attack over the North Pole. But the monitoring network with satellites, terrestrial radar and air bases is outdated.
The and develop young people, who have a much larger range than the previous and speed of five times the sound and who could overcome existing detection systems.
The US and the work are working to modernize NORAD by replacing radar systems and upgrading defense capabilities. Canada recently bought 88 F-35 war aircraft from the US, which will develop northern bases.
‘Arctic is an area of possible future conflict’ said the commander of the Russian northern fleet Alexander Moiseev At a recent meeting for the Arctic in St. Petersburg.
The area is already a zone of intense commercial competition. The US does not have deep ports in the Arctic to accommodate large container ships. Most of it has no roads or railway lines, which further complicates access to FPA North.
Canada, who controls the second largest part of the Arctic after that of Russia, has only a deep port that offers access to the Arctic Ocean and is 800 km away from the Arctic Circle.
Russia’s growing international isolation after 2022 contributed to the establishment of closer relations with China. Russia opened its Arctic region in Beijing and Beijing supported Russia’s economy and granted it dual use equipment to dye its army. This support is evident in the Arctic, where Chinese companies are important investors and equipment suppliers in Russian energy programs.
Russia, in return, sends to China with the so-called “ghost fleet”, which makes illegal traditions of Russian oil in Asia. Last year there was records of cargo carriage through the north sea route from northwestern Russia to the Bergigio ferry, according to Rosatom, the Russian Maritime Road supervisor.
Almost all of these loads were transported from Russia to China and was over half of it were slow oil. The northern route is shorter and reduces the time by two weeks, but the ice remains a sneaky obstacle.
The president He recently put the area at the center of attention when to extend America’s presence to the Arctic saying that ‘We need it for national security’. Greenland has a strategic position and is rich in rare elements, raw minerals used to be made from smartphones to fighter aircraft.
The wealth of the north
Ice melting facilitates access to these critical minerals. But Russia is also preceded by the extraction of the Arctic wealth, whose growth began decades ago.
Russia also claims uncharted stocks at the bottom of the Arctic. The Russian army has gathered geographical evidence to support Moscow’s argument that the Lomonosov underwater Mountains – also claimed by Denmark and Canada and is probably rich in and – is part of the Russian territory.
The US and Canada are planning to buy more icebreakers together for policing the area. The US has only three icebreakers for poles, one of which is 50 years old and another was decommissioned last year due to a fire.
Russia has three dozens of icebreakers, many of them nuclear powder, with greater power and the possibility of longer travel. China, whose northernmost point is over 1,450 km from the Arctic Circle, sent three icebreakers to the area last year.
China has long been pursuing a bigger role in the Arctic, as its leadership believes that ice melting will create financial opportunities but also raise the dangers of security. In 2018, China declared itself a nation “near the Arctic” and “an important factor in Arctic cases”.
