After the invasion of Ukraine, the United States, Canada, and Nordic five countries stopped cooperating with Russia in the Arctic.Canada has also been alert to actively prevent Russia's threats to the North Pole.
The Arctic is regarded as the northern wing of NATO and plays an important role in NATO's defense strategy.The Canadian Defense Staff Er said at a security conference held in Ottawa a few days ago: "We see what happened in Ukraine and clearly see other things Russia did worldwide. The distant northern region is now the main area that is concerned about."
El pointed out that Russia has "re -occupied the abandoned Cold War Base" in the region in the past 10 years. "Our sovereign may be challenged, which is not unimaginable."He warned that Canada must strengthen land safety, especially "focusing on the northern region".
Canadian National Defense Minister Aande vowed that Canada will increase military spending to try to achieve its military expenses promised to NATO.Canada promised to use at least 2%of the GDP for national defense, but currently only 1.39%.
Byrus, an Arctic expert of the University of British Columbia, Canada, pointed out that as Russia expands its military operations in the Arctic region, and last year, sovereignty, Canada has to put the maintenance of the Arctic sovereignty first.
But Byers believes that Russia cannot send troops to invade the North Polar territory of Canada because the "climate environment is very bad" and is very far away from Russia.He said that NATO should be more worried about the existence of Russia's strong navy in the Arctic region, including deploying nuclear -power ballistic missile submarines near the border border with Norway.
As the Russian army continued to launch an offensive with Ukraine, NATO held a two -year -old military exercise in Norway in the middle of this month.
For about 3,000 U.S. Marines participating in the exercise, the exercise added another layer of significance due to the Russian and Ukraine War.Galigan, a 21 -year -old naval warrior player from New Jersey, said that he always thought about the Russian and Ukraine War in the subconscious. "If what happens, we are ready to start."
The exercise will continue until the first week of next month. Northern about 27 countries will send 30,000 sea, land, land and air forces to participate.The exercise simulated that Norway was attacked by other countries, which triggered the joint defense mechanism of NATO. More than a dozen member states such as the United States sent troops to assist Norway to resist the enemy.