U.S. seeks to compete with Russia in the Arctic, invests in six Coast Guard Icebreakers
It’s not climate change threatening the arctic circle. Nations are using their military to plunge through the arctic, breaking new ground and seizing the territory and shipping routes. As the ice melts and breaks apart, the last great buffer between global superpowers is dissolving into a geopolitical battleground. While the United States and its NATO allies debate budgets and bureaucratic timelines, Russia has already transformed the Arctic into a heavily fortified military outpost, complete with refurbished Cold War bases, a fleet of nuclear-powered icebreakers, and hypersonic missiles capable of striking targets with little warning. President Vladimir Putin has made no secret of his ambitions. The Arctic, he declared, is of major strategic importance to Russia.
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