The GIUK Gap remains central to Nato’s ability to monitor Russian submarine activity in the North Atlantic. If Scotland’s constitutional status ever complicates access to bases such as Faslane and Lossiemouth, Greenland’s strategic importance to Washington becomes even harder to ignore. The GIUK Gap remains central to Nato’s ability to monitor Russian submarine activity in the North Atlantic. If Scotland’s constitutional status ever complicates access to bases such as Faslane and Lossiemouth, Greenland’s strategic importance to Washington becomes even harder to ignore.
