US bomber withdrawal from RAF Fairford signals deeper geopolitical shifts: NATO’s energy dependence, arms race escalation, and climate constraints on global logistics

The withdrawal ignores Inuit and Sámi knowledge systems, which have long documented Arctic ice loss as a *qaggiq* (interconnected) crisis—where melting permafrost disrupts not just shipping but the entire ecological and cultural fabric of Northern communities. For example, the *Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.* has warned since 2010 about the collapse of ice roads used by the Canadian military, a precursor to the logistical nightmares now facing US bombers. The Pentagon’s climate adaptation reports, like the 2021 *National Defense Strategy*, cite these Indigenous observations only in footnotes, treating them as data points rather than living knowledge systems. This erasure is not accidental; it reflects a colonial military tradition that views Indigenous land as a resource to exploit, not a source of resilience.