Defending Canadian Arctic Sovereignty

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[Dale Denton]

New Arctic Operations Base For UK Royal Marine Commandos​

A new Arctic operations base will support Britain’s commandos for the next ten years as the UK underscores its commitment to security in the High North.

Naval News Staff 09 Mar 2023 Article link

Newly-established Camp Viking in northern Norway will serve as the hub for Royal Marines Commandos as they continue to be the tip of the Arctic spear, the unit the UK turns to when it needs troops able to fight in cold weather extremes.

The commandos build on an Arctic warfare heritage going back to the Second World War but, with the re-emergence of the High North as a key theatre, they needed new facilities for a modern era.

The new purpose-built Camp Viking – located in the village of Øverbygd, about 40 miles south of Tromsø – can accommodate all personnel from the UK’s Littoral Response Group (LRG), the commando-led Royal Marines force which reacts to emerging crises in Europe.

The camp is strategically located next to a Norwegian Armed Forces base and near to the established air base at Bardufoss where the Commando Helicopter Force operates. The Commando Helicopter Force is the specialist aviation support for Royal Marines.

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Denmark Begins Procurement Process To Deliver New Capabilities For Arctic Operations​

Denmark has begun the process of procuring systems to increase air, land, and sea presence and surveillance across its Arctic areas of interest.

Dr Lee Willett 13 Feb 2023 Article Link

This procurement process is supporting capability requirements set out in a supplement to the current Danish Defence Agreement (which covers the 2018-23 period). The supplement, known as ‘The Arctic Capability package’, was published in February 2021.

“The work for implementing the agreement has already begun,” Commodore Claus Andersen, a Royal Danish Navy (RDN) officer and Deputy National Armaments Director in Denmark’s Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation (DALO), told the SAE Media Group Maritime Reconnaissance and Surveillance Technology conference, held in London on 1-2 February.

First, DALO issued a tender for a medium-altitude/long-endurance, long-range uncrewed aerial vehicle to provide surveillance and intelligence capability. Tender bids are currently being assessed, with contract award anticipated in 2023.


Second, the Joint Arctic Command Denmark (JACO) – headquartered in Nuuk, southwestern Greenland – is being certified as a test and evaluation centre for new surveillance technologies to be operated in the region. “The JACO upgrade will be finalised in the first half of 2023: the basic architecture will be stood up,” Cdre Andersen said. This architecture upgrade includes enhancing JACO’s command-and-control (C2) capabilities.


The C2 upgrade includes the TERMA JIMAPS C4ISR system, and a Systematic SitaWare-based solution, Cdre Andersen told Naval News on 9 February.

These projects include: setting up a surveillance radar on the Faroe Islands; increasing uncrewed capabilities onboard RDN frigates and patrol vessels operating in Arctic regions; enhancing tactical datalinks between these ships and their embarked MH-60R Seahawk helicopters; and improving data analysis capability.

 

[daftandbarmy]

New Arctic Operations Base For UK Royal Marine Commandos​

A new Arctic operations base will support Britain’s commandos for the next ten years as the UK underscores its commitment to security in the High North.

Naval News Staff 09 Mar 2023 Article link

I can imagine who they'd post there.

It's near some good ranges in Settermoen, but seems to be exiled wayyyy out on it's own in the east, away from the usual places with military concentrations (and civilization) like Harstad, Narvik etc., and quite a hike from tide water too.

 

[SeaKingTacco]

I’ve been to Overbygd. Quiet little town. Verrrry quiet.

 

[OldSolduer]

Verrrry quiet.

Vewwwyyy quiet - hunting wabbits......hahahahahha

 

[Kirkhill]

Royal Marines mucking around north of the Arctic Circle. Merlins, Bv206s, Skidoos, Skis and Snowshoes.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Royal Marines mucking around north of the Arctic Circle. Merlins, Bv206s, Skidoos, Skis and Snowshoes.

The standard has been set



Good to see Yankee Coy, 45 CDO again... I was 2IC for a couple of years, many years ago, when we used skis alot. I didn't see any skis, which is both gratifying, and worrying.

Gratifying because it seems they've finally got some serious kit, sleds, and weapons like the .50 cal, which we never had. And proper mountain snowshoes, unlike to disastrous 'tennis rackets' we had.

Worrying because swash buckling about above the treeline, Commando-Style, in the high arctic is alot of fun... until the enemy has air superiority and you become snow pizza. Not being tied to vehicles and their supply chain, and roads, gives you a much better chance of hiding, and avoiding the baddies, and popping in unannounced.

Regardless, good on 'em, and I'd love to go back there ski touring one day - but in the Spring when it stops hitting - 40C

 

[Kirkhill]

The standard has been set

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Good to see Yankee Coy, 45 CDO again... I was 2IC for a couple of years, many years ago, when we used skis alot. I didn't see any skis, which is both gratifying, and worrying.

Gratifying because it seems they've finally got some serious kit, sleds, and weapons like the .50 cal, which we never had. And proper mountain snowshoes, unlike to disastrous 'tennis rackets' we had.

Worrying because swash buckling about above the treeline, Commando-Style, in the high arctic is alot of fun... until the enemy has air superiority and you become snow pizza. Not being tied to vehicles and their supply chain, and roads, gives you a much better chance of hiding, and avoiding the baddies, and popping in unannounced.

Regardless, good on 'em, and I'd love to go back there ski touring one day - but in the Spring when it stops hitting - 40C

Keen Scottish subby circa 4:34

Talking about leaving the OSRVs and caching them and taking to the skis. The Skidoos are good for getting your kit within skiing distance apparently but ower noisy for the close approach.

And how do I know he is Scottish. The glottal stops. How do I know he is a subby? 1. He is smiling. 2. I can understand him.

 

[Kirkhill]

Military dogs prove their bark isn't bigger than their bite on Arctic training with Royal Marines

It is only the second time military dogs have been deployed to the Arctic.

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Cold weather survival: How Nato troops secure food, water and fire in harshest winter wilderness

For enduring a subzero Estonia winter the priority is initially heat and shelter, followed by water and food.

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[daftandbarmy]

Keen Scottish subby circa 4:34

Talking about leaving the OSRVs and caching them and taking to the skis. The Skidoos are good for getting your kit within skiing distance apparently but ower noisy for the close approach.

And how do I know he is Scottish. The glottal stops. How do I know he is a subby? 1. He is smiling. 2. I can understand him.

'Taking to the skis' takes a platoon/ troop about 15-20 minutes, and can't be done under fire unless you want to provide the enemy a dream target.

Just a minor detail there