The United Kingdom and Norway have signed a new defense agreement aimed at countering Russian undersea activity in the north ...

Back in the 1980s, when Tom Clancy’s fictional North Atlantic boiled with Cold War naval action, the West really was worried about the Greenland-Iceland-UK, or GIUK, Gap. A glance at a map shows why.

The recent U.S. promise to fund upgrades to Iceland’s military airfield at Keflavik is no diplomatic bone thrown to a small ally. The improvements will allow the U.S. Navy’s new P-8 Poseidon maritime ...

As for NATO, many alliance members slashed their fleets of maritime patrol aircraft after the 2008 financial crisis, and as the alliance focused on areas such as the Balkans and Afghanistan. The ...

As Denmark looks to replace its Thetis-class ocean patrol frigates, Copenhagen will need a platform that can conduct ASW and contribute to air surveillance across the strategic GIUK gap. It is widely ...

Ever heard of the GIUK gap? The passage between Greenland, Iceland and the UK is a crucial naval chokepoint in the North Atlantic and might be more important than ever. A million thanks to Miss Pilita ...

From the 1965 film “The Bedford Incident”: During the cold war, a US Farragut Class destroyer was on a NATO patrol for Russian submarines in The GIUK gap. The Bedford had a crew of 160, was commanded ...

One of NATO’s geographic advantages—control of the lands around a key maritime chokepoint—may be in peril. For decades, alliance forces have used nearby bases to keep tabs on Russian submarines, ...

Aspirations of UK space launch will soon collide with the new geopolitical realities of global security, writes Susan Walton When I relocated to the UK from New York in 1984, the Cold War was at its ...

A new arena of competition is opening between Russia and NATO in the North Atlantic. In the Baltic, Black Sea, Ukraine, and even the Middle East, Russia’s geopolitical ambitions have upended all ...

Quieter, more lethal Russian subs present a new challenge to the US Navy and its NATO partners. But US and European navies are more than equipped for a renewed emphasis on anti-submarine warfare, the ...