See How Russia Is Winning the Race to Dominate the Arctic

Things in the Arctic have never been hotter. In the past year, Rus-sian nuclear submarines have practiced firing cruise missiles near NATO members Norway, Fin-land and Sweden. That drill fol-lowed Arctic wargames by the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
tion that included amphibious assaults in the frigid seas.
When Russian and Chinese bombers flew together north of Alaska in August, Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski described the move as an "unprecedented pro-
vocation by our adversaries." The following month, Russia and China sent patrol boats through icy waters of the high north.

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