Arctic Watch: USA und Verbündete nehmen den Nordpol ins Visier

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Mal wieder ein Blick in die Arktis: Schon in den vergangenen Monaten hatten dort sowohl Russland als auch die USA und mit ihr verbündete Länder zunehmend militärische Stärke demonstriert. Inzwischen hat auch China dort schon mal Präsenz gezeigt, und der Westen nimmt das Gebiet um den Nordpol genauer in den Blick, wie die Los Angeles Times berichtet:

As China and Russia boost their military presence in the resource-rich far north, U.S. intelligence agencies are scrambling to study potential threats in the Arctic for the first time since the Cold War, a sign of the region’s growing strategic importance.
Over the last 14 months, most of the 16 U.S. intelligence agencies have assigned analysts to work full time on the Arctic. (…)
In addition to relying on U.S. spy satellites orbiting overhead and Navy sensors deep in the frigid waters, the analysts process raw intelligence from a recently overhauled Canadian listening post near the North Pole and a Norwegian surveillance ship called the Marjata, which is now being upgraded at a U.S. Navy shipyard in southern Virginia.

Die ganze Geschichte: U.S. builds up Arctic spy network as Russia and China increase presence

(Foto: A crew chief walks past two F-22 Raptors parked on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April 8, 2015 – U.S. Air Force photo by Justin Connaher)