Navy starts under-ice submarine exercise off Alaska's coast
Source: Associated Press
Dan Joling, Associated Press
Updated 4:45 pm, Wednesday, March 7, 2018
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) The U.S. Navy has kicked off submarine testing and training under sea ice off Alaska's north coast that takes place every other year and includes the surfacing of a submarine that punches through sea ice.
The exercises, which also include the collection of scientific data, are dubbed Ice Exercise 2018, or ICEX18, and will include maneuvers by three submarines under Arctic ice, including a British sub, over five weeks.
Rear Adm. James Pitts, commander of the Undersea Warfare Development Center, said in an announcement that the Navy builds experience with every ICEX.
"We are constantly testing new tactics, techniques and procedures under the ice and this exercise allows us to do so on a larger scale and alongside our U.K., joint and academic partners," he said.
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