Tom Jensen (@vikinglife)
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NATO’s Most Powerful Arctic Asset Is Hiding in Plain Sight Iceland is NATO's most powerful asset in the Arctic. It is essentially an unsinkable aircraft carrier, parked right in a key strategic location. However, the country has a unique security arrangement, spending almost nothing on core defense. Strangely, other allies do not seem to have a problem with this, despite pledges last year for every ally to raise total defense spending to 5% of GDP. This video examines the origin of the arrangement and why it makes everyone better off. https://youtu.be/5rls0MrWLhM?si=ITq59gTJj7S4AyHQ #Denmark #NATO #Iceland