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Pentagon Arctic report calls for more investment in sensors, equipment to keep up with Russia, China

Jul. 22, 2024 19:09 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Defense Department must invest more to upgrade sensors, communications and space-based technologies in the Arctic to keep pace with China and Russia who are increasingly operating there, including in joint military exercises, a new Pentagon strategy says. ...

Russia says it scrambled fighter jets to intercept U.S. bomber planes over Barents Sea

Jul. 21, 2024 08:28 AM EDT

Russia said Sunday it scrambled fighter jets to intercept two U.S. military long-range bomber aircraft that approached the Russian border over the Barents Sea in the Arctic. “The crews of the Russian fighters identified the aerial target as a pair of U.S. Air Force B-52H strategic...