The Arctic is rapidly becoming a front line for NATO competition with Russia and China, as adversaries expand their presence in the High North and probe alliance defenses, the top American general in Europe said.
The training facility in Sicily further expands Italy’s stake in the F-35 program. The country already has a maintenance, repair, overhaul and upgrade facility in the north for Europe-based jets.
Some analysts say avoiding the unraveling of NATO could require a diplomatic off-ramp that leaves Greenland’s political autonomy intact but entails more U.S. forces on the ground and greater U.S. access to natural resources.
A new think tank report calls for a fleet of unmanned systems to boost surveillance as deterrence as military competition intensifies in the High North.
A Munich Security Conference report found that 53% of Germans polled consider current conditions less secure than now than during the Cold War. Yet it also found that 63% of Germans said military force is never justified.
Attempts to make big cuts to U.S. troop levels in Europe would require extensive consultations with Congress and NATO allies under an updated policy bill.
U.S. officials reportedly said during a meeting that they remain unsatisfied with the progress allies are making when it comes to bolstering their own capabilities.
