Recently, tension between the United States and Russia has begun to rise again because of a contact incident, according to Russian ** reports, this summer, a US ** icebreaker, through the North Pole, arrived to reconnoiter the Russian coastal waters, and when questioned by the Russian side, they replied: "Counting fish."
This sentence is quite intriguing, because in China, nuclear submarines are also called "big black fish", and no one knows whether the US icebreakers are listening to the nuclear submarines of the Northern Fleet.
After all, the Northern Fleet has at least 30 submarines, more than half of which are nuclear submarines, which is a huge threat to the United States, but this behavior of the United States itself is not just a threat to Russian nuclear submarines, but a kind of snooping on the "Arctic route".
In the past two years, due to the warming climate, the Arctic route, which was originally only open in summer, has shown signs of perennial navigation. The strategic value of this route is a few points higher than that of the Suez Canal, especially at the moment when the contradictions in the Middle East are intensifying, the Houthis are blockading the Red Sea, Somali pirates are rampant, and the Strait of Malacca is becoming increasingly congested
In the past, the Arctic route was almost unattended, but recently it is getting hotter and hotter, and Russia naturally refuses to give up, and in the face of the United States, Russia has a direct showdown: withdraw from the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
Russia's move is suspected of imitating the United StatesBecause although the United States has signed the "United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea", it has not yet ratified it, and under normal circumstances, this convention is just a tool for the United States to interfere in the regional situation.
Russia is now withdrawing directly, the purpose is not to be under its control, to limit the territorial waters to within 12 nautical miles, and in order to actually control the Arctic route in terms of strength, the Russian military has thought of a very crazy method.
That is, on Russia's nuclear-powered icebreakers, attack drones and even missiles are equipped to provide icebreaking services for passing merchant ships while being able to detect and contain the enemy's actions at the first time.
I have to say that this kind of thinking is very Russian style, rough and direct, but the truth of speaking with fists is applicable everywhere.
After talking about the attitude of the United States and Russia, what is the attitude of China?You may not know that China's first nuclear-powered large ship is not an aircraft carrier, but an icebreaker. We have always shown our attitude with practical actions, do you think this attitude is enough?
It is clear that the mission of this nuclear-powered icebreaker is not only to test the waters for domestic nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, but also to show the importance we attach to the Arctic route.
Judging from the current situation, Russia's control over the Arctic route is still very deep, and the shore-based warning radar, coupled with various types of conventionally powered and nuclear-powered submarines, constitute a very strong perception and strike capability, and it is not easy for the United States to intervene in the Arctic route.
Why is the United States actively pulling Sweden and Finland into NATO?It is for the Arctic route, firstly, the two countries are also close to the Arctic route, and secondly, Murmansk, where the Russian Northern Fleet is located, is not far from the border between Finland and Russia. Finland and Sweden's accession to the treaty is definitely a huge threat to Russia's Arctic route plan.
However, the latest joint maritime patrol between China and Russia, approaching the Bering Strait and taking a walk around the coast of Alaska in the United States, is not it a warning?
Therefore, the game around the Arctic route may have just begun. Project Sword