The Arctic Challenge, Europe's largest air exercise, begins on Monday 29 May in the Arctic. Organised every two years by the Nordic countries (Norway, Sweden, Finland), it takes on a particular dimension in the context of the war in Ukraine.
One hundred and fifty aircraft will participate in the exercise, including the Swedish Gripen. The region has become a zone of friction as the Arctic Council, the main diplomatic tool that governs relations between the countries bordering the North Pole, is out of the game.