NATO’s ‘Arctic Sentry’ Formalizes The Race For The High North

Via RFE/RL, NATO officially launched its Arctic Sentry mission on February 11 to improve its military posture in the Arctic region, following recent tensions between the United States and Denmark over Greenland. The mission is intended to bring all of NATO’s Arctic activities under one command to counter increasing Russian and Chinese activity in the strategically significant area. Arctic Sentry is confirmed to be a “multidomain” mission, covering air, sea, and land, and will incorporate ongoing exercises like Denmark’s Arctic Endurance and the upcoming Cold Response. NATO officially launched its Arctic Sentry mission on February 11 in a bid to…