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#Ukraine: Arctic combat zone from the Bering Sea north.. Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol

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🗓️ 21 September 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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#Ukraine: Arctic combat zone from the Bering Sea north.. Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol

https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2023/09/eye-toward-russia-and-china-northcom-concludes-special-mission-arctic/390302/

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This is the Bering Sea, where the U.S. maintains one airbase on a small island and another contact base for special operations.

1:06.8

The challenge, however, is that the contest is not limited or will not be limited to Europe.

1:13.8

Finland and Sweden coming in to NATO reminds us the Arctic Ocean is within reach from their point of view.

1:21.8

But this is the other side of the world, the Bering Sea and China and Russia working together as the Arctic Ocean opens.

1:29.8

Is NATO ready for this, Jeff? Does this reflect your time in NATO to think about the Arctic as a battle zone?

1:36.8

Less so, John. There was an awful lot of talk about conflict in the Arctic during my time in NATO.

1:41.8

People forget that the Norwegians, for example, have a border with Russia at the very, very, or the Soviet Union at the very northern point of that country.

1:48.8

And we proved this in an awful lot of military hardware in Norway for contingency operations.

1:54.8

Most notably, it was the Marine Corps. A lot of concern as well, of course, about the so-called GI-UK gap between Greenland and Iceland, which was the area we knew Soviet submarines would come out from their ports in the northern part of the Soviet Union.

2:09.8

So we look at that area very closely for surveillance in order to prevent that if in fact a major conflict occurred.

2:16.8

But I think NATO, while it may be preparing for that conflict in its area, that being Norway, Sweden, Finland, for example, and that point of the Arctic, don't forget.

2:26.8

People ignore the fact that Canada has an enormous Arctic border.

2:31.8

But when you get out in the far regions of Alaska, the Bering Sea and the like, I think for NATO it's ability to project military power, sustain military power, and assist the United States and the Canadians.

2:42.8

In that particular part of the defense deterrence equation, it's going to be stretched.

2:46.8

And we're going to look for other allies. Most notably, I think the Japanese to assist us.

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