The Western media questioned the ability of the armies of NATO countries to fight well in the Arctic

The armed forces of the member countries of the North Atlantic Alliance are currently not well prepared for combat operations in the Arctic region. This conclusion is made by Bloomberg news agency.

It's not just that the armies of many NATO countries are not accustomed to fighting in cold climates. Even the northern states of the alliance are experiencing many problems in this regard. For example, the agency writes, military airfields and logistics centers of the armies of the United States and Canada were built without taking into account a sharp change in temperature. They can fail due to too cold weather.

For the US and Canada, engineering problems come first. Recently, according to the agency, the Pentagon conducted studies that revealed the presence of a number of potential risks. For example, thawing permafrost and thawing groundwater can disable the runways of military airfields and highways used to supply bases. Severe snowstorms can become an obstacle to the full operation of radar stations.

In arctic conditions, military equipment will work worse or fail. In addition, the military personnel of the armies of the NATO countries themselves have no experience of serving in such conditions, if we talk about "rotational" units. For example, what will the Spaniards or the Italians, the French, or even the Germans and the British do in the Arctic? The Norwegians, as well as the armies of Sweden and Finland, which are not yet included in the alliance, are relatively well prepared for combat operations in the Arctic conditions.

At the same time, the Western press draws attention to the strengthening of Russia's military presence in the Arctic. If there is an armed clash between the Russian Federation and the North Atlantic Alliance, the latter's troops could be seriously damaged, the agency concludes.

Comments

[Normann]

Something tells me

if there is an armed clash between the Russian Federation and the North Atlantic Alliance

it won't be in the Arctic.

[tralflot1832]

Bloomberg liars, as always, lie not red. From March 6 to March 16, NATO exercises are held in the north of Norway and Finland. The number is 20 people. The exercises are divided into three types. Naval exercises are the main British. Landing. Combat coordination of the 000st American artillery division with the Finns in the north of Suomi. Credit for propaganda from liars. This is the answer to our formation of the Karelian Corps.

[Volunteer Marek]

It's not about nationality. And, in the amount of forces and means that a country or an alliance can invest in preparing for the Arctic wars. No matter how "frost-resistant" a soldier is, without special equipment he will not fight much. By special equipment, I mean everything from warm underpants to cold-resistant gun grease.

[andrewkor]

Back in the 80s, in the Foreign Military Review, I read about the special training of the US Armed Forces in the Arctic. Not everything is running so well in this region. There are almost no icebreakers, yes. I don’t know how things are now, but the general trend is towards decline is traced.

[tralflot1832]

So for information. The Armed Forces of Norway organized a training center for English special forces in the north of Norway. And they took him under patronage for 10 years. The cunning center is not called a base, according to Norwegian laws there should not be bases on the territory of Norway. Norwegian F 12s escorted two of our IL 35s in the western part of the Barents Sea Somehow it passed the press with us. The Norgs are angry at our government and at the healthy part of our people from the newspapers and the media "blood is dripping", but they can't do anything. Only they can accept all kinds of scum and call them real "Russians". They quote the freak of the "Comb" * and welcome Ulitskaya in Kirkines *, put an asterisk on her just in case.

[agond]

Obviously, we should continue to strengthen our defenses in the Arctic, there is no other way out

[Sergey Averchenkov]

What did I say? I have lived my whole worthless life in the conditions of the far north. War after -25 is not possible, much more will die from frost than from hostilities, equipment will fail. And if we have a certain number of people who know what -50 is, then in the USA they don’t ... Not at all. The main population of the United States lives along the coast where the ocean smoothes the climate and I know what will happen to such soldiers if they get into Russian frosts. If at least some kind of hostilities are possible, then they will take shape around settlements where you can just keep warm. Yes, more ... the distances to which you are accustomed to in central Russia is nothing - the nearest village from me with a population of 700 people is 350 km.

[Nyrobsky]

Quote: Sergey Averchenkov

I have lived my whole worthless life in the conditions of the far north. War after -25 is not possible, much more will die from frost than from hostilities, equipment will fail.

Hello northerners. In general, it’s hard to imagine how the “snowmobile armadas” will converge in the battle, how far can they break through deep into the territory from the point of landing and basing? How will logistical support, supply of spare parts, evacuation of the wounded and simply those whose equipment has died simply from cooling down the batteries or a stake of a running gear standing up in the cold be organized? Aerial reconnaissance on the tracks in the snow will find any landing party, unless the traces of a blizzard are noticed. They also understand this, so they will strive to "resolve" the issue using the short Arctic summer, apparently focusing on the time period when migratory birds have time to arrive, hatch their chicks and dump them back. Although, the thawed and swampy tundra at this time is still a test.
However, the best tool in the Arctic, both in winter and summer, is Oleshka and sleds, and the most terrible warrior is his musher, reindeer breeder Beldyev with a sniper rifle. God forbid NATO African Americans in the tundra trample pasture with reindeer moss and deprive the little oleshek of food. The next day, a couple of dozen orphan NATO rifles will lie in a reindeer breeder's tent.

[Sergey Averchenkov]

Thanks for the hello. :) Yes, no matter how they will break through and no matter how logistic support will not be provided - all this is from the evil one. And our summer is very short - on May 9th we are still on skis, and in the first ten days of September it snows and never melts. What is the use of aerial reconnaissance if you have nothing to support it with? Well, let's imagine that intelligence discovered something, the next artillery strike. So what, even if he defeated? Who will go there to occupy these positions at minus 40 (we don’t always have minus 50, by spring it can be -20). It's simple - what kind of car will start in -40? The one in the warm garage. But you know what's the matter, no matter how you insulate the engine, its temperature will still drop when you drive. Of course, we have the T-80, and the US has the Abrams with gas turbine engines, but I have not seen and do not know trucks with such engines. You are right about the tundra, very right. And then you say very correctly - this will all turn not into a combined arms operation, but into shooting.

[Nyrobsky]

Quote: Sergey Averchenkov

It's simple - what kind of car will start in -40? The one in the warm garage.

Only VAZ 2104!!! After some manipulations with a blowtorch, I started mine at -43 and drove 25 km to work. At the same time, the stove did not work for me, and therefore I had to go with an open window so that the windows in the cabin would not fog up from breathing. The people probably thought - "what the hell is a peasant's stove frying if he drives at -43 with open windows." :-)))

Quote: Sergey Averchenkov

But you know what's the matter, no matter how you insulate the engine, its temperature will still drop when you drive.

I know I passed. It was the case that they went to the Urals with a kung from Podcherye, which is beyond Vuktyl at -51. Another song! At first, the bridges were warmed with bonfires, because the wheels were staked and skidding, and only then, after praying to God, we went to Ukhta. For forty years he lived in the north, anything happened!

[kakvastam]

The fact that someone doubts the ability of the armies of the NATO countries is, of course, wonderful, but we traditionally learn the truth about our army only after the start of the war, and it is rarely pleasant.
And do not confuse their criticism, from which conclusions can be drawn, with domestic sycophancy, designed just to prevent unpleasant conclusions.