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General Category => Military/Defense News => Topic started by: rangerrebew on June 14, 2019, 10:15:36 am
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Climate change forcing the Navy north to defend the Arctic ocean
June 13, 2019 Andy Wolf
As the landscape of the Arctic circle changes, the U.S. Navy is adapting its force projection capabilities to the cold North.
While the Arctic has primarily been the turf of the U.S. Army and Air Force, the Navy is once again training for sea dominance in the frigid waters.
“You see the shrinking of the polar ice cap, opening of sea lanes, more traffic through those areas,†said Rear Admiral Daniel Dwyer, commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group that recently sailed to Alaska. “It’s the Navy’s responsibility to protect America through those approaches.â€
https://warisboring.com/climate-change-forcing-the-navy-north-to-defend-the-arctic-ocean/
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I doubt Russia putting more assets in the area had anything to do with it. It has to be global goring. *****rollingeyes*****