Moscow warns US: Russian special forces are training for Arctic conflict

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Russian special forces are training for a potential conflict in the Arctic, a top lawmaker in Moscow said in a warning to the Trump administration.

“We have our own armed forces, which also have generals, just as capable, in my opinion,” Andrei Klimov, a member of the Russian legislature’s foreign affairs committee, told state-run TASS. “We have special units that may act in the Far North and its conditions, who have distinguished themselves.”

Klimov issued that warning in response to Adm. James Foggo, the commander of U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa, who told the Washington Examiner and other reporters in a recent interview that neither Russia nor China would be permitted to dominate the Arctic region. Klimov took that statement to mean that the United States intends to control the Arctic.

“The generals’ opinion is not the be-all and end-all for us so far,” he told TASS. “As for the issue itself, there are international rules that regulate the use of land and sea, and we have proven a long time ago from the viewpoint of geology and geography which areas of land and sea gravitate towards the Russian Federation.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/moscow-warns-us-russian-special-forces-are-training-for-arctic-conflict/ar-BBTXNO2?li=BBnbfcL

[dchill]

1. Ice Station Zebra!

[AJT]

4. Great movie.

[dchill]

8. Absolutely. IMO, Patrick McGoohan's best role.

[TheBlackAdder]

14. Better than The Prisoner?

[Baitball Blogger]

9. Is that the one with the baboons?

[dchill]

11. No, it's the one with the ice, the Russians, and Patrick McGoohan.

And Rock Hudson. Great movie from the book by Alistair MacLean.

[Lithos]

2. lol - they train for *ALL* environments

And given global warming is going to turn the Arctic Ocean into a shipping lane, they are just adding to their repertoire.

[SWBTATTReg]

3. I'd be surprised if they didn't...this is not news...

they have had artic forces (as well as the US and Canada) for decades if not longer. Just hype...

[mr_lebowski]

5. What, like the Arctic is some special region ... where we could have a war with Russia

Troop on troop ... and it wouldn't be considered the outbreak of WWIII?

Gimme a break. We aren't going to get into an 'Arctic War' with Russia.

Not with troops on the grou ... err ... snow, anyway.

This article seems like clickbait. Every country near the Arctic will carve out their ownership (once, you know, climate change turns the whole thing into a navigable region for most of the year, and the platforms start going up) and nobody's going to war over it.

JMHO.

[okaawhatever]

15. I think this has more to do with the oil that's there and who owns it. nt

[mr_lebowski]

17. Hence my comment about platforms ;) (nt)

[Cosmocat]

16. Its a thing

nm

[greytdemocrat]

6. Dang

Moscow must have found out about
the other Star Gate we found up there!!!!

[Downtown Hound]

7. That's nice Russia.

What a big, strong, boy you are.

[Baitball Blogger]

10. We'll know if they are factoring in climate change if they show up in these:

https://www.amazon.com/Bars-Reversible-Digital-Russian-Uniform/dp/B07DZZLK9Q/ref=asc_df_B07DZZLK9Q/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=324087443183&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=1663409136365000175&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9011743&hvtargid=pla-661013952607&psc=1

[pwb]

12. Russia is not a pimple on our ass.

Fuck off Vlad.

[Fuzzpope]

13. Piss off, potato man.

Go hump an igloo.