Assessing Russian capability in the Canadian high north

Should Canada still worry about Russian plans in the far north after Russia's recent military performance?

Russia's experience in high-north operations remains relevant; difficulties and commitments elsewhere do not settle what it can do in Arctic conditions.

Russia's sustained attention to Arctic warfare remains relevant to an assessment of Canada's far north. Its immediate focus at the time of the stream lay on its southwestern border. Performance or distraction in one theatre does not settle capability in another. This is a broad caution against dismissing the northern threat, without an assessment of a particular Canadian or Russian force package.