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

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**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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