Russian Army Trains for Arctic Combat to Defend Resource Claim

(Bloomberg) — Russia’s military is training its forces for combat in the Arctic to protect its claims to resources on the continental shelf.

“After the heads of several countries disputed Russia’s rights to the resource-rich Arctic Ocean shelf,” the military “immediately” began adapting its training plans for units “that might be called upon to fight in the Arctic,” Lieutenant General Vladimir Shamanov said in an interview published today in Krasnaya Zvezda, or Red Star, the army’s newspaper.

The Arctic shelf may hold 10 billion tons of oil equivalent, as well as gold, nickel and diamonds, according to the Russian government

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