8,000 NATO Troops Launch Exercise Near Russian-Norwegian Border

8,000 NATO Troops Launch Exercise Near Russian-Norwegian Border

A total of 8,000 NATO soldiers have been deployed to the Finnmark region of northern Norway, 160-300 km from the Russian border, for a series of joint military exercises. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SseBhi1TOc The Joint Viking 2017 exercises, which involve British, American and Norwegian troops, kicked off Monday and are expected to last until March 15. According to…

Russia Launches Biggest Arctic Military Expansion Since Fall of USSR

Russia Launches Biggest Arctic Military Expansion Since Fall of USSR

In what will likely be interpreted as the latest “test” by the Kremlin to gauge western military preparedness, Reuters reports that Russia has quietly unleashed the biggest military build up targeting the Arctic since the fall of the Soviet Union.  “It is part of a push to firm Moscow’s hand in the High North as…