WATCH: Taking Stock of Arctic Defense with Houston Cantwell

March 7, 2025 | By Tobias Naegele

AURORA, Colo.—Air & Space Forces Magazine sat down with retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Houston “Slider” Cantwell, now a senior fellow with the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, at the AFA Warfare Symposium to talk about his research and panel discussion on Arctic defense and how the U.S. is combatting Russia and China in the region.

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