It'd be a mistake to interpret 'strategic' as 'nuclear' in this instance. If anything this is probably more about influence and economic control of the Arctic.

It'd be a mistake to interpret 'strategic' as 'nuclear' in this instance. If anything this is probably more about influence and economic control of the Arctic. Depending on what the modeling says about future thawing, Russia might be about to gain consistent and hard-to-restrict access to the Atlantic. I doubt the US likes that. Although they don't exactly need official control to station military assets there Trump/someone in the bureaucracy might think that official control is a better long term plan. Especially since NATO is under a little pressure right now. EDIT Also, a classic Simpsons moment [0] springs to mind as Denmark expresses outrage at the idea of selling Greenland. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1llSuZfAK3c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1llSuZfAK3c