Arctic war games simulate Russia aggression in Canada’s North

Russia’s repeated violations of NATO airspace, in Poland, Romania and Estonia in recent weeks has the alliance looking east. There is another theatre where the Kremlin has been pushing for years — the Arctic.
The security of Canada’s Arctic is very important, but it’s a challenge and one that the country may not be ready for. But a war game may help find the problem. The game’s designer and referee is Maj-Gen. Denis Thompson, who says “the idea behind this war game is to give people a perception or at least an idea of how vast the territory is and how difficult it would be to assert our sovereignty over the entire region.” Nathaniel Dove reports.

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