# What's the military purpose of a submarine needing to be able to break through Arctic ice?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 17, 2021, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-military-purpose-of-a-submarine-needing-to-be-able-to-break-through-arctic-ice/952655 "2021-10-17T19:06:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-military-purpose-of-a-submarine-needing-to-be-able-to-break-through-arctic-ice/952655/41 "2021-10-20T22:00:36Z")

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> [@commasense](#):
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> A slight hijack, but

Being discussed [here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/submarine-spy-scandal/952377/11)

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**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-military-purpose-of-a-submarine-needing-to-be-able-to-break-through-arctic-ice/952655/42 "2021-10-20T22:11:35Z")

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Now you’ve done it. For days I’ve restrained myself from answering the OP with “to prevent Patrick McGoohan from banging the table and yelling.”

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**Author:** ![tullsterx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tullsterx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tullsterx)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2021, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-military-purpose-of-a-submarine-needing-to-be-able-to-break-through-arctic-ice/952655/43 "2021-10-21T18:52:35Z")

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Yep. Thanks for sharing the Smartereveryday video. I am now a subscriber. That was great.

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