Canada and US announce Arctic military exercises amid Russia tensions

[Judi Lynn]

Drills will test response to aircraft and cruise missiles in vast and thinly defended northern region

Leyland Cecco in Toronto
Wed 16 Mar 2022 05.00 EDT

Canada and the US have issued a rare public notice over planned military exercises in the Arctic amid growing concern over Russian aggression.

The North American Aerospace Defense Command said on Tuesday that it would hold air defence exercises throughout the Canadian Arctic, adding that the drills were meant to test the ability to “respond to both aircraft and cruise missiles” threatening the continent.

Operation Noble Defender has been a recurring event in recent years, but the drills have taken on new meaning in the weeks since Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

Speaking at a defence conference before the operation, Canada’s top soldier said that while the threat of a Russian incursion into Canada’s Arctic was low at the moment, he would not rule it out in years to come.

More:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/16/canada-us-arctic-military-exercises-russia

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