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Iceland is key to NATO — but Iceland's prime minister worries about militarization in the North Atlantic - ArcticToday
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joe on Twitter: "@AncientSubHunt The G (Greenland) I (Iceland) UK (United Kingdom) is as strategically important now as it was in the old Cold War Days #giukgap" / Twitter
Why did the Allies not build an airfield on Greenland, as they did in Iceland, so as to further reduce the size of the mid–Atlantic gap with long range aircraft? - Quora
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Military and Environmental Challenges in the Arctic - New Perspectives on Shared Security: NATO's Next 70 Years - Carnegie Europe - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
![Atlantic Council on Twitter: "Finland joining NATO without Sweden would leave the Alliance with a strategic challenge, explain @eadamson91 and @minna_alander. Read more on what would happen if 🇸🇪 and 🇫🇮 split Atlantic Council on Twitter: "Finland joining NATO without Sweden would leave the Alliance with a strategic challenge, explain @eadamson91 and @minna_alander. Read more on what would happen if 🇸🇪 and 🇫🇮 split](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FoZE1g1WcAU38jM.jpg:large)
Atlantic Council on Twitter: "Finland joining NATO without Sweden would leave the Alliance with a strategic challenge, explain @eadamson91 and @minna_alander. Read more on what would happen if 🇸🇪 and 🇫🇮 split
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U.S. and NATO Allies Wrap Up Northern Viking 2022 Naval Exercises in Iceland | The National Interest
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NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 4, 2022) - The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) transits the Atlantic Ocean during exercise Northern Viking 22, April 4, 2022. Northern Viking 22 strengthens
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