Russia prepares Arctic for war with huge military deployment at six Polar bases
RUSSIA has completed a massive deployment of hardware and personnel to military bases across the Arctic, restoring its power in the hotly-disputed region to levels not seen since the end of the Cold War.
By TOM BATCHELOR
Express.co.uk
Tue, Dec 8, 2015
A vast swathe of the frozen continent is now back under the Kremlin’s iron grip after six military bases received final delivery of troops, warplanes, ships and military vehicles.
Two S-400 missile systems – the same as those sent to defend Russian jets in Syria – have been deployed to Russia’s Arctic region north of the polar circle in the last year.
A source at the Russian General Staff of Armed Forces said the surface-to-air missile systems were deployed to the Novaya Zemlya archipelago and to the Yakutian port of Tiksi in the Arctic Ocean.
In the east, Wrangel Island and Cape Schmidt, in Chukotka, are now fully prepared to launch strikes and facilitate active combat.
The bases are located just 300 miles from the US mainland.
Other bases in the west that are now fully equipped include Novaya Zemlya and Franz Josef Land.
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