“The United States is deploying B-1 bombers in Norway.” The challenge to Russia: defense of the allies and race to the Arctic

After the fight for the deal Navalny and the statements of the new administration that announced a “Harder and more efficient line” against Kremlin, the tension between U.S me Russia after that Washington has decided to deploy yours B-1 bombers in Norway, in an area very sensitive to the influence of Moscow in Baltic countries and inArctic.

It is the first time that Washington has opted for such an action, a maneuver that, in addition to defending the allies in the area, according to the Cnn, aims to make a Vladimir Putin that the US military will operate in the Arctic because it is considered of strategic importance. Citing various defense officials, US television reports that four B-1 bombers from the US Air Force and about 200 staff members of the Dyess Air Force in Texas will be transferred to the Orland and that missions in the Arctic Circle and international airspace off northwestern Russia will begin in the next three weeks.

The United States, in addition to strengthening its control in the area, will be able to react more quickly to a potential Russian aggression. In recent months, Pentagon used B-1-like bombers, the B-52s, in the Middle East as a means of demonstrating the United States’ ability to rapidly move military assets into potentially tense regions. These are missions that take weeks to plan, which means that the deployment to Norway takes some time in the planning phase, the officials themselves explain.

This decision may be motivated by the Defense Department’s concern about Russian military moves aimed at blocking potential access to the Arctic: “Recent Russian investments in the Arctic include a network of offensive aircraft and coastal missile systems,” he warned. Barrett barrett, Secretary of the Air Force during the Trump administration. For the United States, Russia sees maintaining its access to the Arctic as increasingly vital, with nearly 25% of its gross domestic product coming from hydrocarbons north of the arctic circleBarrett said. Last month, a Russian fighter flew over theUSS Donald Cook, a US naval destroyer, in the international waters of the Black Sea.