Russia Starts Building Military Bases in the Arctic

The Moscow Times ^ | Sep. 08 2014 20:07 | Matthew Bodner, Alexey Eremenko

[WhiskeyX]

Set on restoring the once formidable Soviet military presence in the highly contested and resource-rich Arctic, the Russian military has begun building new military bases in the region, a Defense Ministry spokesperson said Monday.

"On Wrangel Island and Cape Schmidt, block-modules have been unloaded for the construction of military camps. The complex is being erected in the form of a star," Colonel Alexander Gordeyev, a spokesperson for the Eastern Military District, was quoted as saying by RIA Novosti.

Russia has been talking about militarizing the Arctic for years as part of its greater strategy to explore and industrialize the pristine region, which is wealthy in oil and gas and offers a strategic trade route capable of rerouting the global trade flows.

The locations named by Gordeyev are deep into the Arctic circle in the Chukchi Sea, close to Alaska.

[refermech]

Tough place to earn a buck. (ruble)

[Lurker]

Maybe they can name one “Zebra”.

[1rudeboy]

I mentioned this on another thread: why is the Arctic provoking Russia?

[HereInTheHeartland]

And the numbskulls made fun of Sarah Palin for pointing out the key role that Alaska plays in the national defense of our country; via its proximity to Russia.

[dfwgator]

[Army Air Corps]

Ping.

[Brother Cracker]

[GeronL]

back in the USSR

[GeronL]

bump

[lacrew]

Ask a smart liberal “Who said ‘I can see Russia from my house’”.

They’ll know....and tell you with great authority it was Palin.

Go ahead and tell them they’re wrong and it was Tina Fey. They simply will dismiss you.

They KNOW Palin said it.

[KC_Lion]

why is the Arctic provoking Russia

Because American Palin Polar Bears (Lithuanian Blood) muscled out Russian Polar Bears in 1733 and Russia wants it back.

Once Russian, Always Russian.

[SkyDancer]

Only reason Spain went so far up into Kaliphorniastan was because the Russians were coming down from Alaska into the area that is now WA,OR and Northern CA., all the way down to SF.

[KC_Lion]

What People don't realize is Technically, WE SHARE A FRICKEN BORDER WITH RUSSIA!

The Bering Straight, and if Commissar Vlad has his way it will be from the Arctic Ocean >:(

So Piss on the Ignorant liberals who STILL believe that about Sarah.

[KC_Lion]

Another excellent History Lesson, Janey my dear.

I neglected to mention that in my post above.

[SkyDancer]

A result of being home schooled.

[SevenofNine]

Well there is old Deadliest catch saying

Vlady going learn hard way, Right way, orrr Norweign way LOL!

[GeronL]

The Russian Foreign Minister said something about Mad Vlad’s program to “make space” from Lisbon to Vladivostok...

whatever that meant

[SevenofNine]

This drive my Alaskan uncle nuts over US media they don’t get it Alaska does share border with Russia HELLO

He want punch out all network news guys seriously LOL!

[SkyDancer]

"The Russian colonization of the Americas covers the period from 1732 to 1867, when the Russian Empire laid claim to northern Pacific Coast territories in the Americas. Russian colonial possessions in the Americas are collectively known as Russian America. Russian expansion eastward began in 1552, and in 1639 Russian explorers reached the Pacific Ocean. In 1725, Emperor Peter the Great ordered navigator Vitus Bering to explore the North Pacific for potential colonization. The Russians were primarily interested in the abundance of fur-bearing mammals on Alaska's coast, as stocks had been depleted by overhunting in Siberia. Bering's first voyage was foiled by thick fog and ice, but in 1741 a second voyage by Bering and Aleksei Chirikov made sight of the North American mainland."