"Arctic Battle" seems a bit over-stated. But there does seem to be some, err, "territory marking" going on.
The revelation last week that a Russian attack submarine had attempted to track one of the Trident nuclear fleet out of Faslane naval base on the Clyde signalled a worrying return to an era that many thought had been confined to history.
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The Russian response has not been confined to Scottish waters and air space. In August last year, the Pentagon
said two Russian attack submarines had come within 200 miles of New York, the first such patrol since the end of
the Cold War. And last month, the Canadians had to scramble two fighters to turn back a pair of long-range Russian
jets that had flown across the North Pole to approach the Labrador coast from the east.
Military expert Francis Tusa, editor of Defence Analysis, said it would be wrong to dismiss the recent increase in
Russian activity as “irrelevant sabre rattling”.
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“The Canadians have opened a new base in the Arctic to defend their rights, and the Americans, the Danes and the
Norwegians are also taking this incredibly seriously.
“Defence Secretary Liam Fox has said his preferred option for the Strategic Defence Review is ‘Vision 2020’,
looking ahead rather than fixating on the past or on Afghanistan.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/197663/-Arctic-battle-between-Scotland-and-Russia