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As Arctic Melts, US Navy Moves Into Region
By Eric Mack | Sunday, 13 January 2019 10:30 AM
In an effort to get ahead of Russia and China in the far north, the U.S. Navy is positioning itself closer to the Arctic as it melts, The Wall Street Journal reported.
The Navy announced this week plans to conduct a freedom of navigation operation (FONOP) in the melting Arctic for the first time, Navy Secretary Richard Spencer told the Journal.
"The concept is, yes, go up there," Spencer told the paper. "We're developing them as we speak."
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/arctic-icemelt-navy-alaska/2019/01/13/id/897971/ (https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/arctic-icemelt-navy-alaska/2019/01/13/id/897971/)