The newly released strategy cites Alaska’s role in protecting the homeland from increased Russian and Chinese threats.
A 10th Special Forces Group Green Beret talks to a Danish Special Operation Forces operator in Utqiagvik, Alaska, March 6, 2024. Green Berets and Danish Jaeger Corps trained in extreme weather conditions during the Arctic Edge 24 exercise. The Chinese and Russian planes were not in U.S. airspace and were not seen as a threat, but they were in an area called the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone, NORAD said.
Those and other Russian activities could hinder U.S. capabilities to respond to crisis events, the strategy said. Additionally, “Russia’s maritime infrastructure could allow it to enforce excessive and illegal maritime claims along the Northern Sea Route between the Bering Strait and Kara Strait,” it said.
The focus on China and Russia are important elements of the department’s Arctic strategy, which updates the previous strategy issued in 2015, said Iris Ferguson, deputy assistant secretary of defense for Arctic and global resilience. held on Tuesday by the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. The center is a nonpartisan research and policy organization that includes in its programs a
The newly released Arctic strategy calls for the department to maintain investments in Alaska infrastructure, among other goals. Ferguson, speaking at Tuesday’s event, said permafrost thaw and coastal erosion are compromising some facilities. Meanwhile, the retreat of sea ice is allowing for more ship traffic, she said. The accelerated melt of sea ice is having some other, lesser-known effects, she said. Research is underway to better understand how noises from thawing and melting ice, along with a bigger quantity of freshwater, might be affecting acoustic devices used by military forces, she said.
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