Soviet Strategy and NATO's Northern Flank.
For historical, political, and military reasons, the Soviet Union has coveted the Nordic region, encompassing Norway, Sweden, and Denmark and the surrounding waters. The Soviet's overriding strategic objectives in the Nordic region are to protect its northern flank and secure the sea lines of c...
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ftdtic:ADA054369 2023-05-15T16:29:17+02:00 Soviet Strategy and NATO's Northern Flank. Sullivan,William K ARMY WAR COLL STRATEGIC STUDIES INST CARLISLE BARRACKS PA 1978-05-10 text/html http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA054369 http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA054369 en eng http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA054369 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE DTIC AND NTIS Government and Political Science Military Operations Strategy and Tactics *USSR *MILITARY STRATEGY NATO MILITARY FORCES(FOREIGN) GEOPOLITICS NORWAY SWEDEN FINLAND Northern Europe LPN-TRADOC-ACN-78015 Text 1978 ftdtic 2016-02-20T13:04:58Z For historical, political, and military reasons, the Soviet Union has coveted the Nordic region, encompassing Norway, Sweden, and Denmark and the surrounding waters. The Soviet's overriding strategic objectives in the Nordic region are to protect its northern flank and secure the sea lines of communication to the North Atlantic from the Murmansk area through the Barents and North Seas and from the Leningrad area through the Baltic and North Seas. In pursuit of the above objectives, the Soviets are expanding their area of influence farther westward from the naval bases of the Baltic and Barents Seas to the forward defense line of Western naval strategy in the North Atlantic, the strategic Greenland-Iceland-United Kingdom gap. This expansion of Soviet naval jurisdiction, by flanking movements through the Barents, Norwegian, Baltic, and North Seas, may eventually be intended to isolate the Nordic region from Western influence and eradicate NATO's Northern Flank. The NATO Alliance must recognize that the resolution of the security problems along the Northern Flank may essentially be a naval issue. Text Greenland Iceland North Atlantic Defense Technical Information Center: DTIC Technical Reports database Greenland Murmansk Norway |
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For historical, political, and military reasons, the Soviet Union has coveted the Nordic region, encompassing Norway, Sweden, and Denmark and the surrounding waters. The Soviet's overriding strategic objectives in the Nordic region are to protect its northern flank and secure the sea lines of communication to the North Atlantic from the Murmansk area through the Barents and North Seas and from the Leningrad area through the Baltic and North Seas. In pursuit of the above objectives, the Soviets are expanding their area of influence farther westward from the naval bases of the Baltic and Barents Seas to the forward defense line of Western naval strategy in the North Atlantic, the strategic Greenland-Iceland-United Kingdom gap. This expansion of Soviet naval jurisdiction, by flanking movements through the Barents, Norwegian, Baltic, and North Seas, may eventually be intended to isolate the Nordic region from Western influence and eradicate NATO's Northern Flank. The NATO Alliance must recognize that the resolution of the security problems along the Northern Flank may essentially be a naval issue. |
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Soviet Strategy and NATO's Northern Flank. |
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Soviet Strategy and NATO's Northern Flank. |
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Soviet Strategy and NATO's Northern Flank. |
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Soviet Strategy and NATO's Northern Flank. |
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