Arctic Joint Strategic Command (Russia)

Arctic Joint Strategic Command
Active	2014 - present
Country	Russia
Type	Joint command
Part of	Russian Armed Forces
Garrison/HQ	Severomorsk

The Arctic Joint Strategic Command (also: North Unified Strategic Command) is a Russian military command established on December, 1st, 2014. The Arctic Strategic Command area of responsibility includes Russian territories in the Arctic.

The new Joint Strategic Command will establish a fifth Russian Military District, the Northern Military District, before 2020. Core of both the Arctic Joint Strategic Command and of the future Northern Military District will be the Russian Northern Fleet which will also be the main striking force. Stepwise, the military command will take control of various territories, units, vessels and formations currently being part of the Eastern and Central military districts. It will also take over vessels from the Southern military district.

In addition, the Strategic Command will take over ground Arctic warfare brigades, air force and air defence units as well as additional administrative structures, which don't exist up to now. They will be established within the next few years by the Northern Fleet and by the Central and Eastern military districts. Alongside the conventional forces, also a special force grouping is to be established.

The Russian Ministry of Defence is in the process of building 13 air-defense radar stations in the Russian Arctic.

Airfields and ports on several islands, which were last used by the Soviet Union, will be re-opened: the 'Temp Air Base' on the New Siberian Islands (Kotelny Island), the Rogachevo Air Base on Novaya Zemlya and the Nagurskoye Air Base in the Franz Josef Land archipelago. A newly built naval base on the Wrangel Island will add to that.

...
Wikipedia