Opinion: Will the new U.S. defense strategy for the Arctic break the investment ice ceiling?
In the few weeks since the new U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Arctic strategy was released on July 22, two Arctic communications satellites have launched through a U.S. partnership with Norway and the U.S. Army announced the stand up of an Arctic Aviation Command in Alaska. Such investments, several years in the making, suggest a positive trajectory for growing U.S. military capacity and capability in the far north, but can the momentum needed to implement the new strategy be sustained over the coming years?
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