Russia prepared in response to possible provocations of the US Navy in the waters of the Northern Sea Route (NSR). This was reported by the Russian magazine for military leaders. “The Thought of War”Published by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
The publication writes that US Navy ships can maneuver near where troops of the Northern Fleet or Eastern Military District are deployed. As noted in the article, they can also throw chemically hazardous substances into the water to accuse Russia of violating the environment.
According to Military Thought, the Ministry of Defense, together with the FSB, planned a series of measures against such provocations. We are talking about the “creation of means of reconnaissance and destruction on the archipelago and the coast of the Arctic Ocean, increasing the intensity of aviation flights” of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the FSB. In addition, it is planned to establish “practical actions by the forces and means of refusal of unauthorized passage of the torrential zones”, as well as the weapons tracking of ships in the NSR water zone.
Nikolai Korchunov, former Ambassador of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs declarationThat the Arctic region “has become an international theater of military operations”.