Russia Will Defend Its Right to Arctic Oil, Gas With Missiles

SputnikNews.com
02.10.2015

Russia is building new military facilities on Arctic Ocean islands where it plans to deploy air defense units in a bid to strengthen its foothold in the Arctic and gain access to the region’s vast energy resources, a German newspaper wrote on Friday.

All necessary infrastructure for stationing air defense troops is currently being built on Sredny Island in the Kara Sea, Die Welt wrote.

“Around 1,500 workers have been hired to build such military facilities on six islands in the Arctic,” the newspaper added.

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