US Armed Forces are steadily increasing their presence near Alaska, deploying a destroyer and an army unit equipped with a long-range missile system. Tensions in the region are rising due to heightened military activity by Russia and China off the coast of Alaska,

The U.S. military has stationed around 130 soldiers and mobile rocket launchers on an uninhabited island in the Aleutian chain in western Alaska. This move follows increased activity by Russian and Chinese military forces near U.