The United States and NATO have intensified military activity in the Arctic, considering it as a potentially conflict region, Admiral Nikolay Yevmenov, the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy told the 13th international forum The Arctic: Today and the Future.
”The United States and NATO countries have intensified military activity in the region, improving the ways of using military forces in the complex climatic conditions inside the Arctic Circle and expanding the areas of operational use of naval forces in the Arctic Ocean,” Yevmenov said.
The practice of regular single and group cruises by ships and supply vessels of the US Navy and NATO countries has been introduced. The constant presence of nuclear-powered multipurpose submarines of the US Navy in the region is maintained. There has been a steady increase in the intensity of training and combat activities of US strategic bombers in the Arctic. Läs artikel