NORAD scrambles U.S. and Canadian jets to monitor Russian warplanes in the Arctic, amid rising global tensions.

Investment in Pituffik has been inconsistent, however, and its importance has waned since the Cold War. Renewed attention to Greenland could help the U.S. counter Russia’s growing Arctic dominance and China’s ambitions as a “near-Arctic” power.

Multiple Russian military aircraft were monitored in the Arctic this week by The North American Aerospace Defense Command.