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The Military Has an Office Dedicated to Tracking World’s Biggest Blocks of Ice
- JumpCrisscross 4y agoNever thought about this before. But it’s probably possible to gain tactical advantage by e.g. bombing an ice sheet near a choke point to hobble an enemy navy.
- DoughnutHole 4y agoThe purpose of the tracking is less for finding an offensive use for arctic ice and more for ensuring safe navigation of Arctic waters. There are probably more reliable ways of blocking passage of an enemy navy than bombing the Arctic.
- LorenPechtel 4y agoThat would be a wartime activity. In peacetime you just don't want to run into one.