Saturday, September 13, 2014

Russia's Militarization of the North Pole Has U.S. Lawmakers on Edge - NationalJournal.com

Russia's Militarization of the North Pole Has U.S. Lawmakers on Edge - NationalJournal.com: Every autumn for the last seven years, the United States, Canada, and Russia have conducted a military exercise together at the North Pole, near Alaska. During the mock scenario, fighter jets from all three countries intercept a "hijacked" commercial plane passing from Russian to American airspace.

The training won't take place this year, according to the North American Aerospace Defense Command, a joint aerospace defense organization of U.S. and Canadian forces. It was canceled by the U.S. Defense Department and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper because of Russia's intervention in Ukraine, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports.

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