{"id":4688,"date":"2019-01-11T00:04:46","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T00:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/?p=4688"},"modified":"2019-01-11T00:04:46","modified_gmt":"2019-01-11T00:04:46","slug":"us-navy-plans-to-send-more-ships-into-arctic-and-establish-polar-port","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2019\/01\/11\/us-navy-plans-to-send-more-ships-into-arctic-and-establish-polar-port\/","title":{"rendered":"US NAVY PLANS TO SEND MORE SHIPS INTO ARCTIC AND ESTABLISH POLAR PORT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/02\/USS_Ross_DDG-71.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3098\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/02\/USS_Ross_DDG-71-1024x623.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/02\/USS_Ross_DDG-71-1024x623.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/02\/USS_Ross_DDG-71-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/02\/USS_Ross_DDG-71-768x467.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/02\/USS_Ross_DDG-71-560x341.jpg 560w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/02\/USS_Ross_DDG-71-260x158.jpg 260w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/02\/USS_Ross_DDG-71-160x97.jpg 160w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/02\/USS_Ross_DDG-71.jpg 1919w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: The Drive<\/p>\n<p>By Joseph Trevithick<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Navy says it is considering sending surface ships into the Arctic this summer and that it could establish a new strategic port facility in the Bering Sea to support more of those patrols in the future.<\/p>\n<p>These announcements come as the ice in the region continues to recede, opening up new maritime trade routes and other economic opportunities, as well as the possibility of conflict over competing interests. This has already prompted America\u2019s \u201cgreat power\u201d competitors, especially Russia, to dramatically expand their military presence in the far north.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer discussed his service\u2019s plans for the Arctic at a gathering at the Center for a New American Security think tank in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 8, 2019. He did not say what ships might be headed for the Arctic later this year or when and where exactly that deployment might occur.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs an example, this summer, the [Chief of Naval Operations] and I have talked about having some ships make the transit in the Arctic,\u201d Spencer said, according to USNI News. \u201cWe\u2019re just fleshing it out right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more at: http:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/the-war-zone\/25875\/us-navy-plans-to-send-more-ships-into-the-arctic-as-it-looks-to-establish-new-polar-port<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The Drive By Joseph Trevithick The U.S. Navy says it is considering sending surface ships into the Arctic this summer and that it could establish a new strategic port facility in the Bering Sea to support more of those patrols in the future. These announcements come as the ice in the region continues to&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2019\/01\/11\/us-navy-plans-to-send-more-ships-into-arctic-and-establish-polar-port\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">US NAVY PLANS TO SEND MORE SHIPS INTO ARCTIC AND ESTABLISH POLAR PORT<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-security-and-strategy","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4688"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4689,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4688\/revisions\/4689"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}