NATO allies promised Trump they’d secure the Arctic; they've got work to do
Secretary General Mark Rutte announced Arctic Sentry in February as he lobbied U.S. The Kremlin has in the past said the United States is stoking tensions in the Arctic.KOLA PENINSULA NUCLEAR ARSENALA key challenge for European NATO allies is monitoring activity on Arctic Russia’s Kola Peninsula, neighbouring Finland and Norway. East Coast via the Bear Gap in the Barents Sea and the GIUK Gap between Greenland, Iceland and Britain.Norway and NATO allies currently monitor the fleet in the GIUK Gap and the Barents Sea, where critical undersea cables have suffered damage in incidents some attribute to Russia.
- ▪Secretary General Mark Rutte announced Arctic Sentry in February as he lobbied U.S.
- ▪The Kremlin has in the past said the United States is stoking tensions in the Arctic.KOLA PENINSULA NUCLEAR ARSENALA key challenge for European NATO allies is monitoring activity on Arctic Russia’s Kola Peninsula, neighbouring Finland and N
- ▪East Coast via the Bear Gap in the Barents Sea and the GIUK Gap between Greenland, Iceland and Britain.Norway and NATO allies currently monitor the fleet in the GIUK Gap and the Barents Sea, where critical undersea cables have suffered dama
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NATO allies promised Trump they’d secure the Arctic; they've got work to doSign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inboxPublished Jun 26, 2026, 04:06 PMUpdated Jun 26, 2026, 04:06 PMSet as preferred sourceEVENES, Norway, June 26 - During a frozen morning in Arctic Norway, a group of British and Norwegian soldiers padded softly through a snow-blanketed birch forest.They were on a simulated NATO reconnaissance mission, among some 30,000 troops who took part in a drill rehearsing a counter-attack against an invading “enemy to the east,” a euphemism for Russia, Norway's Arctic neighbour.Russia has raced far ahead in Arctic defence over the past decade, modernising the world’s largest ice-breaking fleet as climate change creates new routes; and reopening dozens of Soviet-era bases…
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