In what may be viewed as a by-product of deteriorating U.S.-Russian relations, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said this week that a division of troops would soon be stationed in Chukotka, Russia's Far East region, about 50 miles from Alaska, the Yahoo News website reports today (September 3, 2016).
"There are plans to form a coastal defense division in 2018 on the Chukotka operational direction," Shoigu said.
He added that the deployment was "to ensure control of the closed sea zones of the Kuril Islands and the Bering Strait, cover the routes of Pacific Fleet forces' deployment in the Far Eastern and Northern sea zones, and increase the combat viability of naval strategic nuclear forces."
The Bering Strait is the narrow waterway that separates Alaska from Russia.
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