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Former British prime minister Rishi Sunak says readiness to strike Russian military bases on the Kola Peninsula in wartime should form part of Britain's Arctic deterrence.
Britain should be prepared to strike Russian military bases on the Kola Peninsula in the event of war, former prime minister Rishi Sunak argued in an article for The Sunday Times, UNIAN reported. He presented that readiness as a means of deterring Russia in the Arctic.
Sunak argued that deterring Russia in the High North could be Britain's most important contribution to European security over the next decade. He linked Arctic security to NATO's ability to control the North Atlantic.
He endorsed previously announced British government investment in an underwater surveillance network and urged Britain and its allies to keep countering aggressive Russian behaviour in the region. Sunak argued that threatening Russia's Arctic military infrastructure could deter escalation, while warning that Vladimir Putin would continue testing European defences.
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