Discovered where NATO specializes in spying on the Russian Navy

“Keflavik plays an important role in tracking the Northern Fleet, which is the largest fleet of the Russian Navy, accounting for 75% of the Russian naval power,” the expert wrote in the article.

During the World War, the Allies established an important joint airbase at Keflavik, Iceland. Airbase-based aircraft provided vital anti-submarine warfare and reconnaissance support to Allied supply convoys traveling from North America to Great Britain with supplies essential to the effort. war.

During the Cold War, the airbase was a key station for hunting down Soviet nuclear submarines that roamed the Atlantic. After the breakup of the Soviet Union, there was a time when Keflavik was abandoned, but the Pentagon decided to renovate the facility in 2017 with an allotted budget of $22 million. In April, the US VI Fleet conducted exercise Northern Viking 22 in the region, demonstrating options for synergies with NATO allies.

According to expert Stavros Atlamazoglou, the military base in Iceland is also an ideal springboard to exploit the rich resources of the Arctic. such as natural gas, oil and minerals, underneath the ice – has begun to melt.