Nordic Allies Help Navy Improve Ship Ops in Icy Waterways as Arctic Competition Heats Up
Swedish submarine HMS Gotland, left, HNLMS Tromp (F 803), center, and HMS Portland (F 79) steam in formation with other NATO and partner nation ships during maneuvering drills as a part of exercise Dynamic Mongoose, May 4, 2015. (Amanda S. Kitchner/U.S. Navy)
4 Feb 2021
In 2019, 10 Russian submarines plied the waters of the Arctic and the Barents Sea egresses to the Atlantic Ocean where they exercise their ability to hold Europe and the continental United States at risk with land-attack missiles, said Adm. Robert Burke, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa and Allied Joint Command Naples.