【US Colonel Proposes Buying Russian Island to Monitor Chinese Submarines; Zaharova Responds: Money Would Be Better Spent Paying Off National Debt】 US Army Major Jeffrey Fritz proposed that the United States could buy the Komandorskiye Islands, located on the Pacific coast, from Russia for 1.5 billion dollars to monitor China's underwater submarine activities.
Fritz believes that this transaction would not only help deter China and strengthen U.S. national security, but also consolidate the U.S. leadership in the Arctic region. Moreover, after acquiring these islands, the United States would be able to gain exclusive economic zones, regional resources, and infrastructure around them.
In response to this "genius" proposal by a U.S. military colonel, the Russian State Duma and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have already responded. The spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Zarharova, sarcastically said that if the Trump administration had so much money, it would be better to use it to pay off part of the U.S. national debt. Meanwhile, the head of the Defense Committee of the State Duma, Karpalov, said that according to this logic, Russia could also consider repurchasing Alaska from the United States.
The Komandorskiye Islands are a volcanic island group belonging to Russia on the Pacific coast, located in the northern Bering Sea near the eastern side of the Kamchatka Peninsula, about 200 kilometers away. The islands consist of Bering Island, Medny Island, Toporkov Island, and Alia Reef, and belong to the Aleutian District of the Kamchatka Krai. The total area of the archipelago is 1,848 square kilometers, with the highest point reaching an altitude of 751 meters. It is separated from other island chains of the Aleutian Islands by more than 300 kilometers, and is the westernmost part of the Aleutian Islands.
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