Awesome moment U.S. Navy nuclear submarine USS Toledo smashes its way through thick ice while on exercises in the Arctic Ocean
This is the awe-inspiring moment that a U.S. submarine broke through several feet of ice to surface in the Arctic Ocean during a training drill.
The USS Toledo is taking part in the biennial Ice Exercise - a three-week drill to assess operation readiness in the Arctic region.
The ice where the fast-attack nuclear submarine broke through the surface was around 16 inches thick.
In a mezmeising video taken earlier this week, the Los Angeles class submarine breaks through a sheet of ice covering the Beaufort Sea, north of Alaska, before coming to a stop at the surface.
Sailors are then seen coming out of the hatch of the vessel while others clean ice off the massive rig.
'The Arctic is a potential strategic corridor - between Indo-Pacific, Europe, and the U.S. homeland - for expanded competition. The Submarine Force must maintain readiness by exercising in Arctic conditions to ensure they can protect national security interests and maintain favorable balances of power in the Indo-Pacific and Europe if called upon,' said Vice Adm. Daryl Caudle, Commander, Submarine Forces.
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