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relied on the ability of its nuclear submarines to pass through the GIUK gap in order to ensure maximum military capability. The introduction of long-range precision strike weapons, however, have reduced the significance of the GIUK gap in relation to intercontinental attacks and made it possible for
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to participate in submarine drills that were the largest, on the Russian side, since Cold War operations Aport and Atrina. The main task of the submarines was reportedly testing Russian ability to breach the GIUK gap undetected and sail into the Atlantic Ocean. The drills were expected to last up to
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Crossing the GIUK gap was a major strategic move for Ocean Venture in 1992, in which 84 NATO ships, including 4 US aircraft carriers, departed from their usual August exercise pattern, deployed a decoy south toward the mid-Atlantic, and then entered waters in a move that had historically been
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are increasing. NATO intelligence and security officials confirm these reports, warning that Russia has both the intent and necessary capabilities to target critical seabed installations if they so choose. While such infrastructure has always been associated with some risk, the dependency of
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The Russian fleet has in recent years strategically upgraded its capabilities for covert subsea operations related to the targeting of seabed infrastructure and reports of Russian "mapping" of critical seabed infrastructure in the
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Since the beginning of the 20th century, the exploitation of the GIUK gap by northern forces and measures to patrol and secure the gap by opposing forces have played an important role in naval and in overall military planning.
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The location of Iceland in the gap made it a participant in the Cold War and a target for a nuclear strike, especially through the introduction of the aforementioned Keflavik atomic bomber NATO base.
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The largest Russian submarine drills through the GIUK gap were operations Aport and Atrina, in 1985 and 1987, respectively, when the Soviets deployed several SSNs near the U.S. coast before the
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The GIUK gap again became the focus of naval planning in the 1950s, as it represented the only available outlet into the Atlantic Ocean for Soviet submarines operating from their bases on the
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is equipping its Seahawk helicopters with sonar equipment and torpedoes. The upgrades have yet to be delivered, however, with delivery projections estimating 2024 at the earliest.
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as a central component of its foreign security policy and will continue to expand its spending, surveillance and military presence in the region.
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or the "Greenland air gap". This gap was an area that land-based aircraft could not reach and where, as a result, they could not carry out their
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and reduced their need to transit the GIUK gap. The much reduced, post-Cold War Russian Navy has even less need to transit the GIUK gap.
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actor on matters of geopolitical security and great-power tensions. Danish assertion of sovereignty in the GIUK gap and the wider
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discusses the strategic importance of the GIUK gap during World War II naval operations in the Atlantic theatre, and depicts the
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naval warfare simulation were based around defending the GIUK Gap. Tom Clancy used the simulation to test the naval battles for
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and its allies on them are only increasing and is therefore posing a major threat in times of tension short of actual conflict.
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is taking further steps to equip its ASW-frigates with sonar equipment, making them better equipped to detect and track
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2022, the station was undergoing preparations to be reopened, closing an important surveillance gap in the GIUK gap.
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and invades Iceland. This causes the line to be destroyed, creating a gap in NATO's surveillance and allowing the
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to be a key player in matters of broader European security and increasing the gap's strategic importance to the
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Stalking the Red Bear: The True Story of a U.S. Cold War Submarine's Covert Operations Against the Soviet Union
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to enter the North Atlantic. The subsequent Soviet submarine attacks and air raids cause serious damage to
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in case of actual conflict. In 2021, Denmark unveiled a $ 250m investment in surveillance capabilities in
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ships, especially aircraft carriers, heading towards the Soviet Union. Ships and submarines as well as
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to assist in protecting this critical infrastructure, including the vast number of seabed data cables.
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The Royal Navy's primary mission during the Cold War, excluding its nuclear deterrent role, involved
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The origin of the term "gap" dates to this period, when there was a gap in air coverage known as the
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for its allies. In doing so, Denmark has arguably acquired a sense of goodwill from particularly the
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dramatized the tension of these geopolitics from the perspective of an Icelandic maid in the novel
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in May 1940; the United States took over effective control of Greenland in 1940. But the German
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in 1939, German ships used the gap to break out from their bases in northern Germany (and from
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so that a man could walk from Greenland to Iceland to Scotland without getting his feet wet."
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were home to an air surveillance radar station, providing vital radar coverage during the
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The Danish government has historically used its jurisdiction over foreign policy in both
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Maintaining thorough surveillance of the GIUK gap is crucial in order to ensure that
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is an Arctic state alongside seven other countries whose territories cover the
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proves the fragility of seabed infrastructure and underscore the need for the
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originated as a pure ASW platform; its mission expanded following the
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maritime-surveillance aircraft aimed to track any threatening ships.
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Passages between the northern Atlantic Ocean and the Norwegian Sea
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can help ensure proper visibility in the region, and assist in
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allies, the GIUK gap is vital in terms of barrier defense for
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to target North American sites from safer waters, such as the
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to cross the Atlantic to reach Greenland and eastern Canada.
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and is expected to be an increasingly important component of
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between British and German forces. It is based on the novel
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and in the GIUK gap impeded such break-outs. British forces
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to maintain a strong Arctic responsibility in the GIUK gap.
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after April 1940) with a view to attacking Allied shipping
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are showing renewed interest in the GIUK gap, positioning
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The Soviets planned to use the GIUK gap to intercept any
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Pincus, Rebecca (27 May 2020). "Towards a New Arctic".
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highest quality naval capabilities are deployed in the
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fall within the jurisdiction of the Danish government.
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In late October 2019, a week before Commander of the
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Despite the relatively small-sized population of the
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All matters of foreign policy for both 580:could operate from bases on the French coast. 507:The GIUK gap is particularly important to the 283:and its European allies. 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