Russia's Putin orders military complete Arctic plan by year end after Canada makes claim to north po - Polidicks

[QUOTE](Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin ordered Russia's military to increase its focus on the Arctic and finish plans by the end of the year to upgrade military bases in the resource-rich region where world powers jostle for control. Speaking to Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, Putin praised the military's work in the Arctic, where Canada said on Monday it was claiming the North Pole as part of an broader claim on the region. The United States, Denmark and Norway are also pressing for control of what they consider their fair share of massive untapped oil and natural gas reserves. "I request that you pay special attention to the deployment of infrastructure and military units in the Arctic," Putin said, speaking at a Defense Ministry board meeting. "By the end of the year it is planned - and I expect it will be done ... the renewal of the Tiksi airfield and completion of construction work on the Severomorsk-1 airfield," he said in televised comments. Russia has already completed work on renovating an airfield on the Novosibirsk Islands, Putin said, which was abandoned in 1993. Earlier this year Moscow sent 10 warships and four icebreakers to the islands in a show of force. Underscoring Moscow's sensitivity over Arctic claims, Russia arrested 30 people on board a Greenpeace ship during a September protest against Russian offshore Arctic drilling. They now face charges carrying seven year jail sentences. Putin said earlier this week that Russia's military presence in the Arctic was needed to protect against potential threats from the United States. The U.S. Geological Survey says the Arctic contains 30 percent of the world's undiscovered natural gas and 15 percent of oil. The world's largest oil producer, Russia expects to see oil output decline at its mainstay western Siberian oilfields in coming years and has looked further afield to potential Arctic reserves.[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/10/us-russia-arctic-putin-idUSBRE9B90XD20131210[/url]

It begins.

[QUOTE=VOSK;43137002]It begins.[/QUOTE] no it doesn't, the artic will just be a showoff zone like the baring sea was for soviet fishing interests. they just want to grab the gas up there, but the problem is the gas up there is not to be had, because the artic is the worst place to drill for oil and natural gas the ice is receeding a bit more each year, by the time russia could set up some sort of drilling platform up there, they would be unable to get to it easily

The article kind of skimps at what Canada said. You have to understand Canada here. There's a lot of arguing where Canada borders are and where the north pole starts and ends. You have to understand that Russia has been trying to bully Canada in order to get an easy way to go around the north west passage.

[QUOTE=Paul McCartney;43137123]The article kind of skimps at what Canada said. You have to understand Canada here. There's a lot of arguing where Canada borders are and where the north pole starts and ends. You have to understand that Russia has been trying to bully Canada in order to get an easy way to go around the north west passage.[/QUOTE] A few days ago we claimed a portion of the Arctic without a map.

[img]http://puu.sh/5Iuz3.jpg[/img] Here's kind of an example. Look at Canada's northern islands. [editline]10th December 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=laserguided;43137149]A few days ago we claimed a portion of the Arctic without a map.[/QUOTE] Oh...guess were fifty years late when everyone was doing that then.

[IMG]http://images.wikia.com/callofduty/ru/images/a/a9/Tumblr_lw0ci0f2aW1r7ndawo1_400.png[/IMG] You have all been decived

But Denmark has the claim to North Pole too

[QUOTE=LVL FACTORY;43137324]But Denmark has the claim to North Pole too[/QUOTE] Canada, Greenland, Russia, Norway, Finland, USA are the only nations who I think have any real claims imo. Denmark gave up Greenland pretty much.

i thought santa got claim to the north pole :(

[QUOTE=yawmwen;43137409]i thought santa got claim to the north pole :([/QUOTE] St Nicholas lived in Turkey. :)

Resource wars here we go! Have fun, Power players of the world! I just keep laughing on the sidelines, haha. I think it's quite amusing it's already begun. I didn't think peak oil was already reaching so fast into the future of a world without fossil fuels.

[QUOTE=Sobotnik;43137382]Canada, Greenland, Russia, Norway, Finland, USA are the only nations who I think have any real claims imo. Denmark gave up Greenland pretty much.[/QUOTE] Greenland is part of Denmark I thought.

[QUOTE=FezianEmperor;43137429]Resource wars here we go! Have fun, Power players of the world! I just keep laughing on the sidelines, haha.[/QUOTE] brb grabbing powerarmor

[QUOTE=yawmwen;43137409]i thought santa got claim to the north pole :([/QUOTE] There's no Santa. Only [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ded_Moroz"]Ded Moroz[/URL]. Sponsored by [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/11/Gazprom-Logo.svg/220px-Gazprom-Logo.svg.png[/IMG]

[QUOTE=sloppy_joes;43137443]Greenland is part of Denmark I thought.[/QUOTE] Kind of. It's like it's own country but they have Denmark do foreign affairs things.

[QUOTE=lirro433;43137186][IMG]http://images.wikia.com/callofduty/ru/images/a/a9/Tumblr_lw0ci0f2aW1r7ndawo1_400.png[/IMG] You have all been decived[/QUOTE] Remember, no santa

[QUOTE=Sobotnik;43137425]St Nicholas lived in Turkey. :)[/QUOTE] I thought he was a Turk who lived in Spain with 6-8 black men.

[QUOTE=Sobotnik;43137382]Canada, Greenland, Russia, Norway, Finland, USA are the only nations who I think have any real claims imo. Denmark gave up Greenland pretty much.[/QUOTE] Except that Finland doesn't have a port or any land on shores of arctic sea. And i haven't heard any claims from us regarding the north pole.

[QUOTE=ripsipiirakk;43137870]Except that Finland doesn't have a port or any land on shores of arctic sea. And i haven't heard any claims from us regarding the north pole.[/QUOTE] Wait you don't? I thought there was a tiny spit of land jutting out between Russia and Norway into the Arctic.

[QUOTE=Sobotnik;43137382]Canada, Greenland, Russia, Norway, Finland, USA are the only nations who I think have any real claims imo. Denmark gave up Greenland pretty much.[/QUOTE] The UN should step in and give the Arctic to a random country that has no stake in this. Enjoy your new land mass, Gabon!

[QUOTE=Sobotnik;43137966]Wait you don't? I thought there was a tiny spit of land jutting out between Russia and Norway into the Arctic.[/QUOTE] They had that before Russia took it after WW2 with Karelia

[QUOTE=Flapjacks;43138656]The UN should step in and give the Arctic to a random country that has no stake in this. Enjoy your new land mass, Gabon![/QUOTE] Nah, give it to me.

I'm cool with a Canadian Santa. Santa seems pretty Canadian as it is anyway.

We'd be fucked we got nothing on the Russians.

[QUOTE=yawmwen;43137409]i thought santa got claim to the north pole :([/QUOTE] Apparently he suffered a highly radioactive poisoning "accident" some months ago

[QUOTE=Aman;43139268]We'd be fucked we got nothing on the Russians.[/QUOTE] Maybe you should apologize to them. Make 'em feel guilty about it :v:

There should be a giant hockey war, with all the soldiers playing massive hokey games instead of battles

Go ahead. Take the North pole. I CLAIM THE SOUTH POLE! TheMrFailz for King of the Penguins 2013/4/Forever.

I'm going to the north pole and I'm going to make my own nation. This wonderful nation shall be called Santanistan, and our flag shall be Santa wearing our national dress riding a magical unicorn with wings. (I haven't decided if he's going to be holding a sword or a guitar) Stripes in the background too, [i]racing stripes, rainbow ones.[/i] Our glorious national anthem shall be a magical chiptune symphony that inspires greatness in polar bears and adventurous men. Oh, and that national dress I mentioned? Wool sweater vests, cowboy boots, and assless chaps, nothing else. Beat that, Russians, this is going to be the greatest country ever. [editline]10th December 2013[/editline] Oh, and I've immediately decided that Santanistan is in a state of dance war with the south pole because penguins are assholes.