[blueplum]

Russia revealed a massive polar military airbase, Nagurskoye, in the Franz Josef Land archipelago It has been heavily militarised with missiles, a radar system and a runway handling nuclear bombers

Even based on Chinese speed building, it's hard to believe this was built in less than 4 years. So where was our intel agency when first ground was broken? (and don't tell me we don't have surveillance of the NP because we do, both satellite and radar recon)

[piasa]

The Nagurskoye airbase in the Franz Josef Land archipelago was built in the 1950s as a weather station and communications outpost between the Eurasian mainland and the North Pole.... Now, Russia's northernmost military base is bristling with activity and its extended runway can handle all types of aircraft, including nuclear-capable strategic bombers. The site projects Moscow's power and influence across the Arctic amid intensifying international competition for the region's vast resources.

[piasa]

Looks like the island is almost the halfway point between Russia and Greenland [that bigger island Trump offered to buy.]