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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsClimate change will make the Arctic a new battleground. Here’s how America will fight
http://grist.org/news/climate-change-will-make-the-arctic-a-new-battleground-heres-how-america-will-fight/?w=470&h=265&crop=1
***SNIP
Here is our summary of Hagels eight-point strategy:
1. The U.S. will not allow anybody to even think about messing with us. We will remain prepared to detect, deter, prevent and defeat threats, Hagel said.
2. The U.S., Alaska, and private industry will work together to improve our understanding and awareness of the Arctic environment which provides the first new frontier of nautical exploration since the days of Ericsson, Columbus, and Magellan.
3. No pirates. We will help preserve freedom of the seas throughout the region, to ensure that the Arctic Ocean will be as peacefully navigated as other oceans of the world.
4. Boost infrastructure and military presence in the Arctic at a pace consistent with changing conditions and balance potential Arctic investments with other national security priorities.
***SO, HOW MUCH? WHAT'S THE FUCKIN PRICE TAG FOR THIS NEW MILITARY FRONTIER?
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Climate change will make the Arctic a new battleground. Here’s how America will fight (Original Post)
xchrom
Nov 2013
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Autumn
(45,107 posts)1. The fucking price tag will be whatever the military and contractors
want. Money is no object when it comes to national security.
Grandma can get by with less. She's been spoiled too fucking long
truedelphi
(32,324 posts)2. And in the new "Super Surveillance State Uber Alles" it might not
Be possible for us mere citizens (er, consumers) to even think about asking how much this all costs. Or what it is doing to the environment.
NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)3. Jesus, just insult to injury at this point.
countryjake
(8,554 posts)4. K&R!
Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)5. I'm not sure what's to become of the Native villages up there.
I wonder if they're being included in all these confabs.
kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)6. Posted on this months ago. Here is a new link. Things could get dicey.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)7. Gotta make sure that we can get to all that wonderful oil
Pro tip: Invest in shorts, flip-flops, and air conditioner futures. And boats! She's gonna be a warm 'un!
mattclearing
(10,091 posts)8. You mean, in addition to the cost of lost coastline property?
You have to assume all of the devastation that comes with melted icecaps.
It's way more than the cost of a bunch of aircraft carriers, I can tell you that right now.