As Arctic Ice Retreats, Russia Sends in Warship Patrols. AP, July 17, 2008. "Russia announced Monday that it is sending warships to patrol Arctic waters for the first time since the breakup of the Soviet Union -- the latest move to increase the country's global military presence. Patrols by the Northern Fleet's Severomorsk submarine destroyer and Marshal Ustinov missile cruiser will begin Thursday, Navy spokesman Igor Dygalo said... Moscow-based military analyst Pavel Felgenhauer said security was not Russia's primary motivation in sending the Navy ships to the Arctic... Russia has also been moving to stake its claim to resources that are increasingly accessible as global warming melts Arctic ice." Annual Arctic Sea Ice Minimum. A graph from a website of the Climate Emergency Network in Australia illustrating precipitous retreat of summer arctic ice over the past 29 years.
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