Putin's icy grip on Arctic 'battleground of the future

[rayg]

Putin's icy grip on Arctic 'battleground of the future, The west urged to 'wake up' to Russian threat as Moscow builds new military bases, races to extract natural resources worth $30trillion and exploit new shipping routes with China's help

West urged to 'wake up' to Russian threat in the Arctic, with dozens of new military bases built in last decade

Putin will rely more heavily on region as Europe turns off gas supply and Western sanctions bite, report says
Kremlin hopes to plunder $30tr in Arctic resources, and exploit new shipping lanes opened by melting ice
Moscow is increasingly partnering with China in these missions, giving Beijing back-door access to region

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...nd-future.html

[Mark in Ottawa]

This is well known but until the Ukraine invasion Canada clearly did not take the military threat in the Arctic too seriously. Yes we are building a fleet of 8 ice strengthened Arctic patrol vessels but in typical fashion, they are so lightly armed that a Russian rowboat could probably sink them. They have all of a 25 mm chain gun and a couple of .50 cal machine guns. No ship to ship missiles, no ship to air missiles. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_..._patrol_vessel

[RED]

This is well known but until the Ukraine invasion Canada clearly did not take the military threat in the Arctic too seriously. Yes we are building a fleet of 8 ice strengthened Arctic patrol vessels but in typical fashion, they are so lightly armed that a Russian rowboat could probably sink them. They have all of a 25 mm chain gun and a couple of .50 cal machine guns. No ship to ship missiles, no ship to air missiles. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_..._patrol_vessel

Wow? 25 knots top speed! The Littoral ships the US is ditching had a top speed of 45 knots. Why would Canada think that was fast enough? The huge 1,000+ foot aircraft carriers all can do at least 30 knots.

[dogtag]

Not to worry. Global warming will melt the ice and the Russian bases will sink.

[Vern Humphrey]

Not to worry. Global warming will melt the ice and the Russian bases will sink.

Didn't that happen in 2015? That's when Al Gore predicted the polar ice caps would be melted.

[dogtag]

Didn't that happen in 2015? That's when Al Gore predicted the polar ice caps would be melted.

Yes, he was right, they've all melted'
Prince Charles was right too, we're all dead.

These guys really know what they're talking about. If we'd listened we'd still be alive.

[Allen]

Gore has made a lot of money off of his "global warming BS".

That's how he was able to afford his waterfront home that he bought.