NORAD Fighters Are Using Arresting Gear For Year-Round Ops At Greenland’s Thule Air Base
The Arctic airbase hasn’t had a permanent fighter presence since the 1950s but is once again ready to accommodate fighters all year round.
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Russia Plans To Set Up Massive New Radar Array To Help “Control” The Arctic Region
Russia says it will set up a new, long-range over-the-horizon radar system to help “control” the Arctic by providing additional early warning and monitoring capability with regards to various potential threats, including aircraft, cruise missiles, and hypersonic weapons. This announcement comes just over a week after the head of U.S. Northern Command, who is also in charge of the U.S.-Canadian North American Aerospace Defense Command, called for revitalization and expansion of similar American capabilities in this ever more strategic region.
The U.S. Can’t Buy Greenland But Thule Air Base Is Set To Become More Vital Than Ever Before
With Russia drastically expanding its capabilities above the Arctic Circle, the frigid Cold War base will be key to America’s own plans for the region.
Watch This Gorgeous Time Lapse Of A P-3s Voyage Over Greenland’s Glaciers
NASA’s P-3B Orion—along with the agency’s DC-8, HU-25, B200 and G5—have helped keep track of changes in polar ice formations by flying over some of the most desolate but drop dead gorgeous places on our planet. An awesome taste of what this is like can be seen from the P-3B crew’s point of view in the short time-lapse video below. Follow Gerrit Everson @GerritEverson Time-lapse video of a glacier-run with the @NASA_Wallops P-3 Orion. Taken during today’s #IceBridge flt over Greenland’s Southeast glaciers 11:48 AM – 8 May 2017 17 17 Retweets 24 24 likes
Landing In Maniitsoq Is Like Arriving On A Gorgeous Alien Ice Planet
Greenland Airlines dash-8 q200 cockpit video of landing at Maniitsoq