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The United States Just Grew by 1M Square Kilometers in Size
- Gee8r9 3y agoMaybe they can now stop occupying part of Syria and stealing their oil?!
- keiferski 3y agoThe unexpected growth spurt was not the result of strange geological forces, nor the invasion of a foreign land, but the States attempting to lay claim to its surrounding ocean-floor territory. I would change the title to “US claims ocean-floor territory” or something similar.
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- huytersd 3y agoAdded the size of two Californias. Might be useful in the future for offshore wind power and for fisheries.
- nostromo 3y agoJust pull a China and build a few artificial islands out there and expand your territorial waters significantly.
- guidedlight 3y agoManmade structures are not recognised in international law. This is why Sealand cannot be recognised as a nation.
- indemnity 3y agoInternational law is for the countries that do not have sufficient power to act unilaterally..,
- roygbiv2 3y agoThere are various reasons why it can't. The main one being that: > Since 1987, when the United Kingdom extended its territorial waters to 12 nautical miles, the platform has been in British territory.
- vmfunction 3y agoNot really US style! As someone once said: "US is run by lawyers, and China engineer." And it is very telling how they both approach this issue of territory expansion.
- nebula8804 3y agoPeople tend to use this quote to disparage the US but try asking the Uyghurs and you'll see how treating every problem as an engineering problem is not always a great idea. If you also look at TikTok through this lens it also explains a lot about how it operates.
- roschdal 3y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9OUJcbgnXg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9OUJcbgnXg O nein! nein! nein! Sein Vaterland muss grösser sein!
- selimthegrim 3y agoAmerika…gänzlich einzukreisen????
- NoZebra120vClip 3y agoWhat's a "kilometer"? Is that even legal here?
- softskunk 3y ago> “If somebody came back and said, ‘Your science is bad,’ I think the United States would listen,” Treadwell told the media. “But I don’t think science is bad. I think we’ve had very good science.” This is a very strange way to say nothing. Why is this guy talking to the media?
- hiddencost 3y agoHe's referring to China which is doing things like constructing artificial islands to make bad faith claims to territory. The point is that he's trying to portray this work as honest, and part of honesty means acknowledging and adjusting when you're mistaken.
- hiddencost 3y agoThis is about war with Russia. Look at where they claimed it. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_claims_in_the_Arctic https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_claims_in_the_Ar... https://warontherocks.com/2023/10/getting-sporty-in-russias-arctic/ https://warontherocks.com/2023/10/getting-sporty-in-russias-...
- RecycledEle 3y agoChina will point out the irony (from their point if view) in the USA claiming more ocean while denying China the "right" to claim Taiwan, the Philippines, and many more nations.