Russia is on the hunt for a lucrative slice of the Arctic. Moscow plans to use international law to ask that a huge section of the Arctic Continental Shelf be recognised as Russian territory.
It’s the latest move in a new rush to claim the enormous natural resources believed to be under the ocean, now accessible [...]
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Arctic fever: Russia races against time to stake claim
Posted by Matt in July 9th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Russia, Ambitions, Arctic, Arctic Ocean, Army Training, Bombers, Continental Shelf, Enormous Natural Resources, Fever, Lucrative Slice, Melting Ice, moscow, Rush, Russia, Russian Territory, Stake Claim, Training Exercises
Russia plans Arctic military build-up
Posted by Matt in June 11th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Military, Russia, Arctic, Arctic Ocean, Defence Ministry, Energy Resources, Military Presence, National Defence, National Interests, Naval Vessels, Rush, Russia, Training Zone, Untapped Energy, World Energy
Russia has raised the stakes in the international scramble for the Arctic by announcing it will boost its military presence in the region to protect its “national interests”.
The defence ministry said naval vessels would be sent to the Arctic Ocean, which is believed to be home to 25 percent of the world’s untapped energy resources, [...]
One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War
Posted by Matt in June 6th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Nuclear, War, Arctic Ocean, Authentication, B 52 Bombers, Black Vinyl, Briefcase, Brink, Castro, Cuban Missile Crisis, Eastern Europe, Khrushchev, Missiles, North Dakota, Nuclear Strike, Nuclear War, Nuclear Warheads, Obliteration, Polaris Submarines, Red Threat, Russia, Silos, Soviet Union, Targets
The nuclear strike codes were kept inside a black vinyl briefcase known as “the Football.” The Football enabled the President to order the obliteration of thousands of targets in the Soviet Union, China, and Eastern Europe. Within seconds of the authentication of a presidential order, missiles would lift off from silos on the plains of [...]
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