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In photos: Inside a secret war submarine navigating the Arctic

New York Times
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About 185km north of Alaska, a US Navy submarine emerges from several feet of thick ice. The Navy’s 68 submarines could be anywhere at any time - patrolling the Arctic and the Persian Gulf, or near Russia, China or North Korea. Their missions are closely-held secrets, but a frigid training exercise offers a glimpse of military life deep undersea.

US Navy sailors aboard nuclear-powered submarines have long trained in the Arctic, learning to hunt their Russian counterparts in case of

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