Do we have any interest in the Arctic?

If we do, we had better start acting now because the Russians are moving up there big-time.

From International Business Times:

Russian Military To Deploy Bastion Anti-Ship Missile Complexes In Arctic In 2015
In its latest move to enhance the combat readiness of its Northern Fleet, Russia will deploy new Bastion anti-ship missile complexes in the Arctic in 2015, a senior military official announced Monday. The coastal defense missile system is reportedly designed to destroy various enemy ships, including landing squadrons, convoys, carrier strike groups and single vessels.

“There will be a considerable renewing of equipment and armament for the coastal forces and this year Bastion coastal missile defenses will be received from production,” Admiral Vladimir Korolev, commander of the Northern Fleet, told Sputnik News.

Korolev also said that the Northern Fleet’s anti-air defense recently received S-400 missile complexes, while some Pantsir-S surface-to-air missile systems were deployed in other parts of the Arctic. In addition to the Bastion anti-ship missile complexes, Russia’s Northern Fleet is also expected to get new ships equipped for Arctic operations, the Kremlin-owned TASS news agency reported, citing Admiral Viktor Chirkov, commander-in-chief of the Russian navy.

A bit more:

“The Russian military group in the Arctic will be built up on the mainland and on the islands. This buildup is already in progress. By 2018 there will emerge a self-sufficient group incorporating radio reconnaissance companies, the way it was in the past,” a senior member of Russia’s defense ministry had told TASS in April.

And Kerry (how is his leg healing by the way - I heard one rumor that it was an assassination attempt and not a bicycle mishap) and Obama are doing nothing but gut the military all the while Russia and China are jockeying for power around the globe.