The head of the North American Aerospace Defence Command says Chinese and Russian air co-operation in the Arctic has Norad’s “full attention.”
Those two countries for the first time staged a joint patrol in the Arctic near the coast of Alaska last July.
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U.S. Gen. Gregory Guillot told The Canadian Press in an interview that it potentially takes decades for two nations’ militaries to reach “full integration” at a level like the U.S. and Canada.
“We see it right now as co-ordinated, meaning that they can safely operate in the same area (but) not near the level of integration that the Canadian Forces and the U.S. Forces have,” he said. “As they continue to operate up there more, it certainly has our …