"This training is needed to help strategic submarines
of the Russian Fleet head for the Arctic ice region,
which is the least vulnerable to an adversary's
monitoring, and prepare for a response to a ballistic
missile strike in the event of a nuclear conflict.
"In order to be able to fulfill this task - I mean the
task of preserving strategic submarines - it is
necessary to train Russian submariners to maneuver
under the Arctic ice."
(Interfax-Military, September 26, 2006)
To drive Russia out of the Arctic is the ultimate
objective of NATO's new 'High North' strategy.
And to that end the US, Britain, Canada, Denmark (and
its Greenland and Faroe Islands possessions), Norway,
Iceland and increasing Germany, Finland and Sweden
(the latter two historical neutrals rapidly moving
toward NATO membership) have been recruited for what
might well be deemed an Arctic Operation Barbarossa.
Recently, for example:
-Britain is claiming a right part of the Arctic
because of Rockall, "an 30-yard wide uninhabited rock
in the North Atlantic.
Britain annexed Rockall in 1955 – more than 50 years
ago – and claims rights to its continental shelf."
(Daily Mail, September 24, 2008)
"Liam Fox, the shadow defence secretary, told the
Telegraph: 'Four of the five Arctic powers are Nato
members, yet Nato seems ill-configured to be able to
respond to the sort of activities we have seen from
the Russians. We need to ensure Nato has the will and
the capability to deter Russian activity that
contravenes international laws or treaties.'"
(Sunday Telegraph, May 18, 2008)
-"In a bid to showcase new military and social
investments in the North, and assert Canadian
sovereignty along the Northwest Passage, [Prime
Minister Stephen] Harper and his top ministers visited
several Arctic communities...and -
significantly - singled out Russia's increased
military presence in the Arctic as a 'serious concern'
for Canada.
-"'When we see a Russian Bear approaching Canadian air
space, we meet them with an F-18', said [Defence
Minister Peter] MacKay."
[Canwest News Service, September 12, 2008]
"Canada is stepping up its military alertness
along its northern frontier in response to Russia's
'testing' of its boundaries and recent Arctic grab,
the prime minister said Friday."
('Canada boosts frontier troops as Russia eyes
Arctic,' Agence France-Presse, September 19, 2008)
"Canada and the US say a past land dispute over 12,000
sq km of seabed elsewhere in the Beaufort Sea is being
put aside in the name of defending against Russia's
Arctic claims, which clash with those of the US,
Canada, Denmark and Norway."
(Financial Times, August 18, 2008)
"Harper has announced plans to build a new army
training centre in the Far North at Resolute Bay and
to outfit a deep-water port for both military and
civilian use at the northern tip of Baffin Island.
His trip to the Arctic earlier this month was
accompanied by the biggest military exercise in the
region in years, with 600 soldiers, sailors and air
crew participating."
(Canadian Press, August 19, 2007)
-"Norway and Germany yesterday unveiled plans to
exploit some of the Arctic's vast energy reserves.....
The nations' foreign ministers travelled to the
Norwegian island of Spitsbergen to sign an agreement
to explore and develop energy fields and to study the
effects of global warming on the North Pole."
(The Telegraph, August 31, 2007)
"One of Norway’s new frigates is on its way to
Svalbard in the Arctic for the first time. It’s being
sent in order to show Norway's presence and wave the
flag.
-"'In future the frigates will form part of NATO’s
standing forces and will operate along the Norwegian
coast, in areas with oil and gas production and not
least in the Arctic where Norway has strategic
interests,' said Navy Chief Jan Eirik Finseth in May
this year."
(Aftenposten, October 9, 2008)
"Norway expects NATO to help defend its Arctic
borders given its involvement in the western military
alliance's operations in Afghanistan, Defence Minister
Anne-Grete Strom-Erichsen said."
('Norway links Afghan role to NATO support in Arctic,'
Reuters, October 3, 2007)
"The goal [of military exercise Cold Response] is to
train Norwegian troops, NATO Response Forces (NRF) and
cooperating nations (Partnership for
Peace/PfP) to operate in conflict regions during
winter conditions.
"Norway organized its winter-climate Cold
Response exercise — a March 6-22 event that brings
together troops, aircraft and naval ships from 11 NATO
and Partnership for Peace (PfP) countries — in an
effort to combine air, sea and land forces and
equipment into a front-line, efficient fighting group.
"Cold Response is being staged in the Nordland and
Troms counties of northern Norway, located inside the
Arctic Circle."
(Aftenposten, March 17, 2006)
-"The Defence Minister Sten Tolgfors says that Sweden
is ready to defend its Nordic neighbours and fellow EU
members against any attack.
"Last week the Nordic and Scandinavian countries -
Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland - signed
a treaty on increased defence cooperation.
"Pointing to Russian patrols in the North the minister
says that the Arctic region has a new strategic
significance....The minister says that Sweden is now
effectively linked to Nato, through military
cooperation with Norway, as well as participating in
the European Union’s military."
(Radio Sweden, November 20, 2008)
"Finland and Sweden started approaching NATO before
the beginning of the conflict between Russia and
Georgia.
"Back in 2006 the decision of Finnish and Swedish
politicians was made on joining NATO’s flying squad
[response force]."
(Baltische Rundschau [Lithuania], December 14, 2008)
of the Russian Fleet head for the Arctic ice region,
which is the least vulnerable to an adversary's
monitoring, and prepare for a response to a ballistic
missile strike in the event of a nuclear conflict.
"In order to be able to fulfill this task - I mean the
task of preserving strategic submarines - it is
necessary to train Russian submariners to maneuver
under the Arctic ice."
(Interfax-Military, September 26, 2006)
To drive Russia out of the Arctic is the ultimate
objective of NATO's new 'High North' strategy.
And to that end the US, Britain, Canada, Denmark (and
its Greenland and Faroe Islands possessions), Norway,
Iceland and increasing Germany, Finland and Sweden
(the latter two historical neutrals rapidly moving
toward NATO membership) have been recruited for what
might well be deemed an Arctic Operation Barbarossa.
Recently, for example:
because of Rockall, "an 30-yard wide uninhabited rock
in the North Atlantic.
Britain annexed Rockall in 1955 – more than 50 years
ago – and claims rights to its continental shelf."
(Daily Mail, September 24, 2008)
"Liam Fox, the shadow defence secretary, told the
Telegraph: 'Four of the five Arctic powers are Nato
members, yet Nato seems ill-configured to be able to
respond to the sort of activities we have seen from
the Russians. We need to ensure Nato has the will and
the capability to deter Russian activity that
contravenes international laws or treaties.'"
(Sunday Telegraph, May 18, 2008)
-"In a bid to showcase new military and social
investments in the North, and assert Canadian
sovereignty along the Northwest Passage, [Prime
Minister Stephen] Harper and his top ministers visited
several Arctic communities...and -
significantly - singled out Russia's increased
military presence in the Arctic as a 'serious concern'
for Canada.
-"'When we see a Russian Bear approaching Canadian air
space, we meet them with an F-18', said [Defence
Minister Peter] MacKay."
[Canwest News Service, September 12, 2008]
"Canada is stepping up its military alertness
along its northern frontier in response to Russia's
'testing' of its boundaries and recent Arctic grab,
the prime minister said Friday."
('Canada boosts frontier troops as Russia eyes
Arctic,' Agence France-Presse, September 19, 2008)
"Canada and the US say a past land dispute over 12,000
sq km of seabed elsewhere in the Beaufort Sea is being
put aside in the name of defending against Russia's
Arctic claims, which clash with those of the US,
Canada, Denmark and Norway."
(Financial Times, August 18, 2008)
"Harper has announced plans to build a new army
training centre in the Far North at Resolute Bay and
to outfit a deep-water port for both military and
civilian use at the northern tip of Baffin Island.
His trip to the Arctic earlier this month was
accompanied by the biggest military exercise in the
region in years, with 600 soldiers, sailors and air
crew participating."
(Canadian Press, August 19, 2007)
-"Norway and Germany yesterday unveiled plans to
exploit some of the Arctic's vast energy reserves.....
The nations' foreign ministers travelled to the
Norwegian island of Spitsbergen to sign an agreement
to explore and develop energy fields and to study the
effects of global warming on the North Pole."
(The Telegraph, August 31, 2007)
"One of Norway’s new frigates is on its way to
Svalbard in the Arctic for the first time. It’s being
sent in order to show Norway's presence and wave the
flag.
-"'In future the frigates will form part of NATO’s
standing forces and will operate along the Norwegian
coast, in areas with oil and gas production and not
least in the Arctic where Norway has strategic
interests,' said Navy Chief Jan Eirik Finseth in May
this year."
(Aftenposten, October 9, 2008)
"Norway expects NATO to help defend its Arctic
borders given its involvement in the western military
alliance's operations in Afghanistan, Defence Minister
Anne-Grete Strom-Erichsen said."
('Norway links Afghan role to NATO support in Arctic,'
Reuters, October 3, 2007)
"The goal [of military exercise Cold Response] is to
train Norwegian troops, NATO Response Forces (NRF) and
cooperating nations (Partnership for
Peace/PfP) to operate in conflict regions during
winter conditions.
"Norway organized its winter-climate Cold
Response exercise — a March 6-22 event that brings
together troops, aircraft and naval ships from 11 NATO
and Partnership for Peace (PfP) countries — in an
effort to combine air, sea and land forces and
equipment into a front-line, efficient fighting group.
"Cold Response is being staged in the Nordland and
Troms counties of northern Norway, located inside the
Arctic Circle."
(Aftenposten, March 17, 2006)
-"The Defence Minister Sten Tolgfors says that Sweden
is ready to defend its Nordic neighbours and fellow EU
members against any attack.
"Last week the Nordic and Scandinavian countries -
Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland - signed
a treaty on increased defence cooperation.
"Pointing to Russian patrols in the North the minister
says that the Arctic region has a new strategic
significance....The minister says that Sweden is now
effectively linked to Nato, through military
cooperation with Norway, as well as participating in
the European Union’s military."
(Radio Sweden, November 20, 2008)
"Finland and Sweden started approaching NATO before
the beginning of the conflict between Russia and
Georgia.
"Back in 2006 the decision of Finnish and Swedish
politicians was made on joining NATO’s flying squad
[response force]."
(Baltische Rundschau [Lithuania], December 14, 2008)
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