World · Europe · 5 hrs ago
EU plans Arctic satellite surveillance program for 2027
The European Union plans to begin satellite surveillance in the Arctic in 2027.
The program is intended to detect threats across Arctic land and sea, amid what the EU describes as growing ambitions by Russia and the United States.
It is expected to use the EU’s Copernicus and Galileo satellite systems.
The EU’s new Arctic strategy, which is expected to set out the plan, is due to be released next week.
A Russian Foreign Ministry official has criticized the EU’s approach, saying it signals escalation and politicizes cooperation in the region.
Moscow has also linked rising Arctic threats to increased NATO activity there.
The plan could shape how Arctic security is monitored, but the sources do not give further details about how the program will operate.
The European Union plans to launch a satellite surveillance program in the Arctic in 2027.
The program is intended to detect threats across Arctic land and sea.
Bloomberg quoted the EU’s new Arctic strategy as saying the plan aims to improve regional ties and counter growing US and Russian ambitions.
The strategy document is set for release next week, according to TASS.
A Russian Foreign Ministry official said the EU’s approach showed an intention to escalate tensions and politicize Arctic cooperation.
- Who
- The European Union plans the program.
- What
- It plans satellite surveillance to detect threats across Arctic land and sea.
- When
- The program is planned for 2027.
- Where
- The Arctic.
- Why
- The EU strategy is described as aiming to improve regional ties and counter growing US and Russian ambitions.
European Union
Russian official
Purpose
European Union
The EU plan is described as aiming to improve regional ties and counter growing US and Russian ambitions.
Russian official
Russian official Vladislav Maslennikov said the EU was pursuing escalation and politicizing cooperation in the Arctic.
Source of threats
European Union
The program is assumed to use satellite systems to detect Arctic threats.
Russian official
Moscow links growing threats in the Arctic to increased NATO activity.
Russian Foreign Ministry official Vladislav Maslennikov said the EU was following a path of escalation in the Arctic.
The EU’s new Arctic strategy document is set for release.
The EU plans to launch its Arctic surveillance program.
- Planned launch
- 2027
- Satellite systems
- Copernicus and Galileo
- Coverage
- Arctic land and sea
- Strategy release
- Set for next week
- Russian official
- Vladislav Maslennikov
2 sources
What people are saying
to improve regional ties and counter growing US and Russian ambitions