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David Axe, Daily Beast: U.S. Sub Takes On Russia in Santa’s Backyard
USS Seawolf just finished a daring mission underneath the North Pole—and designed to send a signal to Moscow.
President Barack Obama was recently in Alaska for three days to highlight the dangers of global climate change. The presidential tour included a stopover in an Inuit town north of the Arctic Circle that’s slowly succumbing to the rising sea.
But another high-profile American visitor preceded Obama to the Arctic region… on a mission of military might. In a rare feat of high-tech prowess, the U.S. Navy nuclear-powered submarine USS Seawolf spent several weeks under the Arctic ice cap during a six-month deployment beginning in March and ending August 21.
WNU Editor: Did Russia pay attention .... or anyone else .... for some reason (just a gut feeling) .... such deployments/exercises do not carry the impact that they once did.
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