David Dunlop, 7 April 2021
CNN has recently reported on Russia’s massive build-up of its military in the Arctic region. The Cold War bases are being retrofitted and new bases being rapidly being built in support of the Air Force and Naval fleets. Russia is also expanding its network of air and coastal defence missile systems, to strengthen its anti-access and area-denial capabilities over key portions of the Arctic. A recent addition to the Russian naval arsenal is the new Poseidon 2M39 Nuclear Torpedo (also known as the “Doomsday Torpedo") of which Russia hopes to conclude testing phase this year with full production beginning in 2022. This weapon has greatly concerned the West allies, and the US in particular. Russia's new Naval Tsirkon hypersonic surface-to-surface missile is also in the testing phase using the new Admiral Gorshkov-class frigate as a testing bed, with introduction to the fleets by next year. All of this brings concern and hope that Canada’s CSC Frigate program with its new SPY 7 V1 LRDR technology, strike-length missiles can counter this growing threat. An interesting read: Russia is amassing unprecedented military might in the Arctic - CNN
2 thoughts on “CNN: Huge Russia Military Build-up in the Arctic”
Someone said something about knowing your enemy and knowing yourself. We know neither. I am amazed that, while Russia is building all of that hardware through almost entirely closed production cycles, we keep hearing that its economy is tiny and on the verge of collapse…”Russophrenia” or “Check your assumptions, there are no contradictions.”
Hello Curious Civilian. Don’t really think that those subscribing to Russia’s demise are not seeing the whole picture with Putin in control. Russia is trying to be a democratic country with a cold war “Soviet” attitude. Russia does have a lot of wealth but and are not using it in a “democratic” way but as though they still have a cold war ambitions. Russia’s arctic response is real and very worrisome to all.