Russia dismisses Arctic flag-planting, compares it to U.S. move on moon

i wonder, and i respect the russian army,,, but do they want to go to war over northern territory..... maybe a cut half way with the canadians and a lack of american influence would make us come to a comprimize..........

you respect the russian army, that's your frist mistake. secondly why would we just cut in half just to come to a pussy compromise. let me guess you're from quebec. If it's ours we take it.

Saying "A Russian scientific expedition" did this is similar to saying "A bunch of scientists from Canada" did it. It has the same political implications that would be had should I decide to get on a plane, fly to the United States, and drop a rustproof titanium Canadian Flag just off one of their shores.

You should always respect your enemy and your potential enemy. Even in conventional warfare, the Russians could fuck us up. For one thing, their is alot more of them. For another, they have a much greater capacity to operate in the arctic than we do. We have a few hercs and a very small fleet of strategic lift, aswell as ski-doos. They've got hundreds of aircraft, some of the largest icebreakers in the world and a heavy fleet to follow, alot more boots on the ground, aircraft far more capable that our F-18s; and, from what i've already seen and been taught here in Gage, tanks thatwould likely fail compared to the Leo 2s, but would likely defeat the old Leo 1s and would fuck all our other land combat systems up... And they have alot more of them than we do. Think of them as the old shermans vs our Panzers in WWII. Same deal. Add to the fact that by Russian doctrine they'd likely just march them across the north pole... Not good. Remember, they are just as ice-hardened as we are, if nt moreso. We might be as cold as Siberia up north of 60, but we don't have as many people up there as russia had working the eastern mines.

Now, if we had some nice fat class ten icebreakers which could shoot down aircraft, sink ships and subs, and even engage land-based targets with either a missle or cannon weapons system, that would make for a nice piece of kit that would prevent the russians from ever coming close. Even pose a threat to their shoreline, which would make them think twice before attacking if their military bases were threatened from what is for them too the most weakly defended coast.


As for divying up, regardless of weather we go for continental shelf, or just split the arctic with evenly spaced borders between all the countries, simple land placement dictates that we will get the lions share of the arctic, about 35% of everything north of 60 degrees latitude, including the north pole.

America would get about 5%, same for Norway, the Danes 20%, and Russia also getting about 35%.