[C19fan]

Ice Station Zebra.

[Emergencyawesome]

I thought the ice disappeared due to global warming?

[ctdonath2]

Real question: Why the concern about Arctic naval combat? what’s up there worth fighting extreme ice & cold just to get to fighting people? Northern Canada & Russia don’t seem places many people are interested in conquering. Arm up to protect the frontier just because it’s there? or because there is something there worth protecting?

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

I’ll bet they have a special ‘magazine’ for a good supply of vodka. It gets purdy dang cold up there.

[freedumb2003]

Makes sense:

Nowadays all ships except ACs look sorta like this. Kind of the new (ugly) Cadillac with all those angular lines.

Looks better on a ship than a car.

[C19fan]

Please delete as duplicate post.

[Starboard]

The vessels are being built as part of a larger naval procurement strategy that will help fortify Moscow's designs on the Arctic region.

This is part of Russia's strategic military and economic interests in the region. They've been committed to this for a long time.

[FreeAtlanta]

Our subs can go below the ice and can sink the surface ships. Right?