Trouble is Brewing Under the Ice: The PRC’s Use of Science to Gain Military Advantage in the Arctic

Abstract The PRC’s security goals include denying the United States unchallenged freedom of maneuver under the Arctic ice and the northern approaches to the PRC’s home waters. The PRC is systematically using instruments of national power flexibly to gain access to scientific treaty memberships, enter denied areas via scientific missions, and obtain comprehensive seafloor topographic data through undersea mining, commercial … Read more The post Trouble is Brewing Under the Ice: The PRC’s Use of S

Source: Small Wars Journal