Territorial Waters in the Arctic: The Soviet Position

The Soviet Union maintains that its territorial waters, including those in the Arctic, extend 12 n mi from its coastline. It has also declared a 'sector claim' which Soviet jurists have unofficially interpreted to mean that the USSR also claims the airspace above the sector as well as the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Olenicoff, S M
Other Authors: RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1972
Subjects:
Sociology and Law
*ARCTIC OCEAN
*COASTAL REGIONS
ARCTIC OCEAN ISLANDS
FOREIGN POLICY
GOVERNMENT(FOREIGN)
INTERNATIONAL LAW
POLITICAL SCIENCE
PREDICTIONS
USSR
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
*TERRITORIAL WATERS
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Arctic Basin
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0758365
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0758365
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Summary:The Soviet Union maintains that its territorial waters, including those in the Arctic, extend 12 n mi from its coastline. It has also declared a 'sector claim' which Soviet jurists have unofficially interpreted to mean that the USSR also claims the airspace above the sector as well as the ice islands, the ice pack, and the waters between the Arctic Basin islands and between the islands and the mainland. These claims may become troublesome with the advent of surface-effect vehicles and submarine transports that will permit regular Arctic navigation.

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