GIUK Gap critical for NATO security
The Greenland-Iceland-UK Gap is acquiring new strategic significance as receding ice allows NATO greater access to Arctic waters and expansion of Russia’s naval operations, including new hybrid threats


U.S. Pituffik Space Base Upgraded Early Warning Radar
RUSSIA: Kola submarine bases
Øresund: Baltic exit
GREENLAND (Denmark)
Faroe Islands (Denmark): New early warning radar planned
ICELAND
Denmark Strait 
Range 4,800km
Norwegian Sea
UK
RAF Fylingdales
U.S. Naval Air Station Keflavik

800km
500 miles
UEWRs: Solid-state, phased-array, all-weather, long-range radar, operating in Ultra High Frequency Band

Boeing P-8A Poseidon: Maritime patrol and reconnaissance for Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW), based out of Keflavik

Jan 2025: Russian spy vessel Yantar in UK waters

NORDIC WARDEN
NATO Joint Expeditionary Force
Reinforces existing NATO responses using AI to assess data including Automatic Identification System (AIS), used by ships to broadcast position, and undersea and surface drones to calculate each vessel’s potential risk
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Iceland
UK
Netherlands
Norway
Sweden
Finland
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
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Sources: IISS, Geopolitical Monitor
Picture: army-news.ru
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