One point of clarification is that the cold war is over and Russia has been cooperating with NATO and the U.S. on joint military exercises in the air. Russian generals were sitting down in the NORAD base in Colorado viewing it on computer. Times have changed. We forget who is our enemy. I don't think we have many enemies. We only have non-Arctic countries who might challenge our right to govern the ocean.
On November 29th, 2012. See this statement in context.