Russia has set up Arctic Command & has opened 100s of new & former Soviet-era sites. Over the Pole & from the Arctic - A close route for Russia to potentially attack U.S. Multiple Russian installations across the Arctic; modernized nuclear forces a big worry. Putin been aiming to control commercial maritime traffic through the Arctic region. Another concern - Chinese surveillance under the guise of research & development. Irrational territorial ambitions, China has declared itself a 'Near Arctic' state. Pertinent to note, the Xi Jinping regime plans to build the world’s largest icebreaker. China's new submarines in the Arctic region will field ballistic missile capabilities.
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