Alaska, Russian military
US troops finish deployment to remote Alaska island amid spike in Russian military activity
About 130 U.S. soldiers are returning to their bases after being deployed to a remote Alaska island amid a spike in Russian military activity off the western reaches of the U.S.
US Army conducts training exercise on Alaskan island less than 300 miles from Russia
The Army conducted a 'force projection' training exercise on Shemya Island, a remote Alaskan island less than 300 miles from the Russian coast.
US soldiers stationed on Alaskan island armed with rocket launchers after Russian activity detected
The US has deployed more than 130 soldiers, mobile rocket launchers, and radar capabilities to a remote Alaskan island, amid increased Russian military activity in the region. The Coast Guard said it located four Russian Federation Navy vessels,
U.S. moves soldiers to Alaska island as Russian military activity increases in the area
The U.S. military has moved about 130 soldiers along with mobile rocket launchers to a desolate island in the Aleutian chain of western Alaska amid a recent increase in Russian military planes and vessels approaching American territory.
US sends soldiers to Alaskan island as fears surge over Russian military planes
The US moved hundreds of soldiers and mobile rockets launchers to Shemya island in Alaska's Aleutian chain amid an increase in Russian military activity.
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U.S. and British Newspapers Respond to the Sale of Alaska in 1867
1895 Map of Alaska. Source: 1895 U.S. Atlas. "Russia has sold us a sucked orange. Whatever may be the value of that territory and its outlying islands to us, it has ceased to be of any to Russia ...
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US moves soldiers to Alaska island amid Russian military activity increase in the area
An increase in Russian military planes and vessels near American territory has pressured the US to relocate 130 soldiers along with mobile rocket launchers to a desolate island in Alaska.
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130 soldiers deploy to Alaska’s Aleutian Islands in response to Russian, Chinese probes of Arctic region
Elements of the 11th Airborne Division and the 1st and 3rd Multi Domain Task Forces landed Thursday on Shemya Island, which ...
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String of fatal landslides forces Southeast Alaska to reckon with risk
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Meet Little Diomede Island in Alaska, the 'eyes and ears' of the United States just 2.4 miles from Russia
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After a string of fatal landslides, is this a new normal for Southeast Alaska?
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US moves soldiers to Alaska island amid Russian military activity increase in the area
The U.S. military has moved about 130 soldiers along with mobile rocket launchers to a desolate island in Alaska amid a recent increase in Russian military planes and vessels approaching the state ...
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US moves soldiers to Alaska island amid Russian military activity increase in the area
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. military has moved about 130 soldiers along with mobile rocket launchers to a desolate island in the Aleutian chain of western Alaska amid a recent increase in ...
US Coast Guard says Russian naval vessels crossed into buffer zone off Alaska
The U.S. Coast Guard says it tracked a group of Russian naval vessels as they crossed into U.S. waters in off Alaska in an apparent effort to avoid sea ice, a move that is permitted under internationa ...