Russo-Chinese Arctic war games spur US response as Alaska officials warn only strength can deter crisis
After the Army sent 130 paratroopers to a remote Aleutian island base while Russia and China conducted joint military tests offshore, Alaska leaders warned that the only response should be American power. The Army deployed the soldiers to Erlexson Air Base on Shemya Island, less than 300 miles from Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, during Ocean 2024, […]