Russian Arctic Troop Build Up - Is World War 3 Imminent hi it's AlaskaGranny Alaska Prepper are
you aware that Russia is building up military bases in the Arctic this has been going on since
the beginning of 2021 it isn't something that they just started doing but it's something that seems
to be more in the news that people are concerned with it at this time Russia's ambition is to be
an all-out superpower and they want to hold on to the control and the military might that
they already have possessed in the Arctic region there are a lot of economic reasons why countries
that have arctic territories or connections to the Arctic why they would want to maintain that
whole strength in that hole and part of it is the waterways that are opening up as the summers are
warmer and the seas are more open there are shipping lanes that are opening up through
the northern seas if you look at a map of the Arctic region you can see that there are several
countries who border on the Arctic Russia has the largest border in that region now remember that's
all ice there isn't any land under there like there is in Antarctica there's a continent there
the Arctic is frozen ice even though you can walk on it and it seems like land it's not it's an ice
cap Russia has been building infrastructure in the Arctic region Russia building icebreakers
they're opening up oil and gas pipelines in Arctic and they're Russia is even developing
the Arctic for tourism why might Russia want to have an interest in Arctic one-fifth of
Russia's land mass lies above the Arctic Circle the world population count in 2011
say that four million people live above the Arctic circle and two million of those live in Russia
military experts have been concerned about the Russian military bases and the
strengthening if troops weapons in the Arctic region partly because of the Poseidon torpedo
Russia's Poseidon 2M39 torpedo is an unmanned stealth torpedo it's powered by a nuclear
reactor and it's designed to sneak past coastal defenses of the United States some say that this
missile has the capability to set off a tsunami that can affect the entire coastline we also
know that Russia is testing military arms in the Arctic if you think about the northern sea routes
as the shipping lane that runs between Norway and Alaska along Russia's northern coast you
can see how that would greatly shorten the trip that you would need to go through the Suez canal
so the opening up of northern sea routes would be beneficial to many countries so if Russia
then says part of this these waterways are in our territory then they have firmer control over who
can use those Arctic shipping lanes and what can go on there Northern Shipping routes are not going
to be open all year round that's only going to be in a few of the summer months but there would
be a lot that could happen in those few months as far as northern sea route Arctic shipping
if you look at this map of the Arctic region you can see countries that have Arctic military bases
where there are Arctic strategic oil deposits where there would be Arctic minerals mining claims
and you can see all of the different countries that would have a claim
on Arctic region so yes it's far easier to have a claim on the land that you have that touches these
waterways but once that ice melts and some of those waters are open that's when you start
having complications and people want to control the seas the United States has been an Arctic
country since the 1867 purchase of Alaska but the United States gives far less attention
than one might expect to northern Arctic affairs and its largest swath of coast which stretches
six thousand six hundred miles on both the Pacific and the Arctic Oceans Americans may not be giving
their fourth coast due attention according to a growing course of researchers and policy makers
including the pentagon and the state department Russia's behavior warrants close attention to
the region on the part of the United States if you think back to the president we had before this one
and he made suggestions that perhaps we should buy Greenland and people said that is ridiculous
people don't just buy other countries but they certainly do buy things for example Alaska was
purchased from Russia so why wouldn't you be able to buy Greenland and if you look at how
America expanded from the Louisiana purchase the Gadsden purchase there are all kinds of times
when people have purchased property so it was not unreasonable to think that that is a possibility
when we also look at the Arctic polar map again look at the coastline of Greenland and if this
is becoming a shipping area then perhaps that would have been a wonderful opportunity actual
strategic move by United States that could have strengthened the United States' position in the
Arctic passageways northern shipping routes when the waters are available for shipping the United
States' involvement or lack thereof in Arctic affairs has been limited by a dispute that's
different from the standard political skirmishing one between the executive branch and the senate
presidents George W bush and Barack Obama both supported senate ratification of the law of
the sea treaty which provides the framework for country's maritime claims Arctic Ocean there's
always all kinds of workings of politics we only hear with the news broadcast of the
terrible tragedy of the day and all of this has been going on for years should we be
concerned that Russia is building more bases in the Arctic region does it mean
they're immediately becoming a threat to North America to Canada to Alaska maybe but maybe not
because all of these countries also have bases in the Arctic region what we do tend to forget when
we look at a map of the world it's been flattened out and people forget that there is that region at
the top and that that is a strategic part of our world so if you hear that military buildup in the
Arctic and you think that means you're under more imminent threat it doesn't necessarily mean that
building new forts has been going on since the beginning of the days of battle people have looked
strategically where can I put my troops where can I build my forts where can I build my castles
and so that's just something that is still going on today in our world we just don't really pay
attention to it because we've been distracted by the things that the news does tell us and we are
distracted when the press pushes what celebrities are doing rather than what our military is doing
so don't let this be a cause of alarm but let it be a cause of concern and try to take your
news from as many sources as possible so that you can actually glean the truth you can decide for
yourself what are the things I should be prepping for is this an imminent threat or is this just
something I need to be aware of and if it is an imminent threat what do I need to do to prepare
myself in case something happens we need to be aware of what's going on around us and all over
the world because things can change in an instant just look what happened when the pandemic began
back in 2020 and it changed everybody's world so quickly and so we know now that there are things
that can affect the world in a matter of moments while we still have time to get the things we need
look through all of the areas of prepping your water your food your shelter your medicines your
first aid supplies your hygiene and sanitation supplies the tools you need and the things that
you need to sustain yourself so that you can make the best of every day of your life that's what
preppers do that's why we're prepping so we can have the things we need and we have also developed
the skills and the thought process to figure out what to do next and how to make ourselves have
the best outcome so it only makes sense to be a prepper if you enjoyed my video I hope you'll
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