As Arctic ice retreats further each year, it helps to open up another front in the perennial standoff between Russia and the US, with both nations racing to dominate the space and control the emerging maritime trade route.
In a call with reporters on Tuesday, US Secretary of the Navy Kenneth Braithwaite announced that American sailors would increasingly set course for the frigid waters of the far North. “You will see the Navy operating again in a more permanent manner above the Arctic Circle,” he said, adding that the US will “operate more assertively” to challenge Russia’s claims in the region.
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