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CEPA fellow Bajarūnas says NATO must urgently assess Arctic satellite risks

CEPA fellow Eitvydas Bajarūnas writes that NATO must urgently assess Arctic vulnerabilities in satellite services, ground stations and undersea cables, citing a foiled Russian covert operation near Svalbard in September 2026.

Verified Opinion Abroad AI-drafted CEPA, "Hybrid War Makes High North a Contest for NATO", 9 November 2026

What the source does not establish. Does not establish that NATO has adopted any new Arctic satellite, ground-station or surveillance programme.

Index score. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. none moves; proposal only (binding 1) covering NATO-wide Arctic capability (scale 3). European Sovereignty Index

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