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Coast Guard Reveals New Strategy For Arctic

Gally Articola

Friday, May 24th, 2013

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The Coast Guard’s new strategy for developing a more expanded and persistent presence in the Arctic region will require improving navigation and communication systems, and will also be largely centered around some of the new capabilities presented by the National Security Cutter (NSC), the chief of the service said. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Bob Papp unveiled the new strategy outlining the challenges associated with an expanded presence in the Arctic and the service’s plans to address them. He told reporters…

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