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Pentagon gets battle ready in the Arctic

A US Air Force E-3 Sentry AWACS flies over Alaska, 16 March 2022. © US Air Force/Zuma Press Wire Service/Zumapress.com/MaxPPP

Washington is pushing ahead with its increasingly visible presence in the High North, a region where the confrontational posturing has taken on a new focus with the war in Ukraine. The issue has mobilised the Biden administration in recent weeks. [...] (1035 words)

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