Canada is still cleaning up the legacy of the Cold War in the Arctic.
Cleaning up after the Cold War
Arctic sovereignty
No Russian threat in Arctic
The Harper government’s dire warnings of a Russian threat in the Arctic — at one time a regular feature of its campaign to sell Canadians on the “need” to buy the F-35 — do not reflect its own behind-closed-doors assessment of the situation.
Canada, Russia, spies, and the Arctic
A Canadian naval officer is charged with spying. Will this increase tensions with Russia?
F-35 may be incapable of communicating in the Arctic
According to a recent Globe and Mail article (Murray Brewster, “New stealth fighters lack ability to communicate from Canada’s north,” Globe and Mail, 23 October …
No war in Arctic: Harper
Leaked U.S. diplomatic cables show that Prime Minister Harper’s frequent scare talk in support of a greater Canadian military presence in the Arctic is just …
Russian bomber flights rare: NORAD
NORAD statistics obtained by the Ottawa Citizen show that Russian bomber flights near Canadian airspace–which the Harper government has been hyping in its efforts to …