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General Category => Military/Defense News => Topic started by: rangerrebew on April 24, 2019, 09:34:17 am
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Coast Guard Pledges To Manage Russia, China in Arctic
The Coast Guard wants to operate more consistently in the Arctic, but has a fraction of the icebreakers that Moscow can deploy.
By Paul McLeary on April 22, 2019 at 7:17 PM
WASHINGTON: As more sea lanes open and stay open longer due to “dramatic changes in the physical environment of the Arctic,†the Coast Guard is hamstrung with a fraction of icebreakers deployed by Russia, and may soon even trail China, which is not an Arctic nation.
The new Coast Guard analysis of challenges in the Arctic — released Monday — arrives two months before the Pentagon is expected to release its updated vision for operations in the Arctic. The relook has become necessary due to “changes in regional geopolitical competition, economic drivers, and the physical environment,†in the Arctic, the strategic outlook says.
https://breakingdefense.com/2019/04/coast-guard-pledges-to-manage-russia-china-in-arctic/?utm_campaign=Breaking%20News&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=71983849&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--6LYJ5OWwOUCYE4MB1ONMg1lHHaH7SMDUyh6J-c4GdeEUjbvkzg--nVUElNTmSkKsa1ptxEw2ZhUqiRXWoWvQ0PVWg-A&_hsmi=71983849
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Coast Guard Pledges To Manage Russia, China in Arctic
The Coast Guard wants to operate more consistently in the Arctic, but has a fraction of the icebreakers that Moscow can deploy.
By Paul McLeary on April 22, 2019 at 7:17 PM
WASHINGTON: As more sea lanes open and stay open longer due to “dramatic changes in the physical environment of the Arctic,†the Coast Guard is hamstrung with a fraction of icebreakers deployed by Russia, and may soon even trail China, which is not an Arctic nation.
The new Coast Guard analysis of challenges in the Arctic — released Monday — arrives two months before the Pentagon is expected to release its updated vision for operations in the Arctic. The relook has become necessary due to “changes in regional geopolitical competition, economic drivers, and the physical environment,†in the Arctic, the strategic outlook says.
https://breakingdefense.com/2019/04/coast-guard-pledges-to-manage-russia-china-in-arctic/?utm_campaign=Breaking%20News&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=71983849&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--6LYJ5OWwOUCYE4MB1ONMg1lHHaH7SMDUyh6J-c4GdeEUjbvkzg--nVUElNTmSkKsa1ptxEw2ZhUqiRXWoWvQ0PVWg-A&_hsmi=71983849
Sounds like the USCG is trying to expand in size. Since there is no real war and draft going,I have no idea where they are going to get the warm,breathing bodies they need to expand to the size they will need to be,or the money they will need to build the new armed cutters.