Commonground
Senior Moderator
October 4, 2026 11:00am EDT
Across one of the coldest, most remote and strategically exposed corners of the United States, American forces are practicing how to fight on land, at sea and in the air — rapidly moving rocket systems into western Alaska, sending F-35s and F-16s toward simulated threats and coordinating U.S. and Canadian warships in the Bering Sea.
The operations are part of Tundra Merlin, an enduring U.S. military campaign aimed at proving that even across Alaska’s vast distances and extreme Arctic conditions, American and allied forces can rapidly assemble combat power to defend the northern approaches to the homeland.
Continued: https://www.foxnews.com/world/ameri...reveals-chilling-new-reality-russias-doorstep
US military rehearses Arctic defense as strategic competitors grow bolder
Alaskan Command chief Lt. Gen. Robert Davis explains how Operation Tundra Merlin prepares US and Canadian forces to detect, deter and defeat threats approaching North America.Across one of the coldest, most remote and strategically exposed corners of the United States, American forces are practicing how to fight on land, at sea and in the air — rapidly moving rocket systems into western Alaska, sending F-35s and F-16s toward simulated threats and coordinating U.S. and Canadian warships in the Bering Sea.
The operations are part of Tundra Merlin, an enduring U.S. military campaign aimed at proving that even across Alaska’s vast distances and extreme Arctic conditions, American and allied forces can rapidly assemble combat power to defend the northern approaches to the homeland.
Continued: https://www.foxnews.com/world/ameri...reveals-chilling-new-reality-russias-doorstep