Streit um die Arktis

[Schneemann]

Russian Arctic Threat Growing More Potent, Report Says

Russia’s Northern Fleet’s ballistic missile submarines and strategic bomber force’s capabilities remain intact despite the heavy toll the country’s invasion into Ukraine has had on its naval infantry, army and special forces assigned to the Kola Peninsula, a new report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies found.

The Arctic remains “of great strategic value to Russia,” Njord Wegge, a professor at the Norwegian Defense University College, said this week as the report was released. On the military side, the Kola Peninsula in the Arctic provides a gateway for Russia’s Northern Fleet’s attack and ballistic missile submarines to move through the Greenland, Iceland, United Kingdom [GIUK] gap to reach the Atlantic. [...] “Russia has had 10 years of successful modernization” of its forces that it can fall back on, he said, specifically citing hypersonic weapons and silencing its submarines. [...]

Speaking at a Wilson Center event Thursday, Coast Guard Rear Adm. Michael Ryan, deputy commandant for operations, policy and capabilities, emphasized presence. “It’s about being there … to be successful” in providing security for the region, he said.

Adding the Arctic is a “unique domain” for security and military operations, Ryan said. The service’s expanded commitment can be seen in its building a heavy icebreaker and looking to buy another existing large icebreaking vessel to operate continuously there. Both are part of a long-term effort to rebuild the nation’s icebreaking fleet to three heavies and three medium icebreakers.

https://news.usni.org/2023/01/26/russian...eport-says

Ich lasse das mal offen, denn diese angemahnten "10 years of successful modernization" müssen vielleicht nicht unbedingt sich so drastisch ausgewirkt haben, wie es die Formulierung zuließe. Denn wenn die Marine, trotz ihrer Hyperschallwaffen und manchem neuen Atom-U-Schiff, genauso runtergewirtschaftet und von korrupten Befehlshabern zerfressen wurde wie der Rest der russischen Streitkräfte, dann dürfte die Schlagkraft nicht so stark sein, wie auf dem Papier zusammengerechnet.

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