U.S. Warns Of Russian Arctic Military Buildup: “Who puts missiles on icebreakers?” The United States continues to express growing concern about Russian and Chinese activities in the Arctic. “You would be alarmed at the amount of Chinese activity off the coast of Norway,” explains a U.S. official.
Strategic competition in focus in US Coast Guard Arctic strategy The United States Coast Guard’s new Arctic strategy sees Russia and China as possible challengers to the continued peaceful stability of the Arctic region.
U.S. Navy Plans to Send Surface Vessels Through Arctic The United States Navy is drawing up plans to send multiple surface vessels through the Arctic Ocean this summer, signaling a potential change in US policy to more effectively counter and possibly contain Russia's influence in the region.