Why Iceland Controls the Atlantic (And Nobody Notices)

Описание: Iceland has no army.
No navy.
No air force.

Yet this small island nation controls one of the most important naval chokepoints on Earth.

The Greenland–Iceland–United Kingdom Gap, known as the GIUK Gap, is the narrow stretch of ocean every Russian submarine must cross to reach the Atlantic. During the Cold War, it became NATO’s invisible tripwire—an underwater barrier of listening posts and surveillance systems that could detect Soviet submarines the moment they moved south.

That system never truly disappeared.

Today, as Russian submarine patrols return to Cold War levels and Arctic routes open due to climate change, the GIUK Gap has regained its strategic importance. Modern NATO aircraft, naval forces, and undersea sensors continue to monitor this corridor, quietly shaping the balance of power beneath the North Atlantic.

This video explains:
• Why the GIUK Gap matters
• How Iceland controls access to an entire ocean without a military
• The role of underwater listening systems and NATO surveillance
• Why Russian submarines still cannot bypass this chokepoint

Geography, not firepower, is what makes Iceland indispensable.

🎥 Footage & Map Credits

• U.S. Navy footage via DVIDS (Public Domain)
• Wikimedia Commons footage (CC BY 4.0, attributed where required)
• Map imagery © Google Earth

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