De facto, Russia already owns the Arctic Ocean. Its coastline is immense. (There are also a couple of Arctic islands first discovered and claimed by the U.S. that the Soviet Government invaded/captured. We've seriously never insisted on their return.)
Gives whoever owns it access to the arctic.
Indeed. And puts them in a ready position to block everyone else’s access.
And it would also be a key position to lock down in the Missile/Orbital Defense Grid Trump has stated he wants to build.
This was reseached in the cold war and underground bases and silo's built but was not completed because of the engineering difficulties.
De facto, Russia already owns the Arctic Ocean. Its coastline is immense. (There are also a couple of Arctic islands first discovered and claimed by the U.S. that the Soviet Government invaded/captured. We've seriously never insisted on their return.)