Posted on Aug 5, 2017

Is The Arctic The Next South China Sea? Not Likely

SSgt GG-15 RET Jim Lint

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Not sure if I agree. It would depend on the economic needs of both China and Russia...or even us.

Is The Arctic The Next South China Sea? Not Likely

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CPT Jack Durish

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Who needs the Arctic? Russia has more natural resources than it knows what to do with. China has already set its sights on the South China Sea floor which is eminently easier to develop than the Arctic Ocean floor. And the US is far from the bottom of its barrel of natural resources. Developing those on the Arctic Sea floor would be vastly more expensive than continuing to develop those under our feet. As a forward base for military operations, near space orbit seems far more practical than the Arctic, doesn't it?

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1stSgt Nelson Kerr

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Plot shipping lanes a travel o costs via arctic and the tradition routes, there is a reason that they searched so hard and long for a Northwest passage. It has even lead to the Canadian Government complaining about unauthorized military intrusion into their territory bu the US Coast guard. the to main players butting heads are the US and the Canadians then the Russians.

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CPT Jack Durish

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1stSgt Nelson Kerr - That's a good point, but only if Climate Change is a real thing and opens them more than a few months each year

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1stSgt Nelson Kerr

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CPT Jack Durish - I did not think the fact that the climate was changing was u in doubt among rational people, Just weather it was anthropomorphic or not,

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