US sub surfaced at North Pole

The brand new USS Texas is the first of the Virginia-class attack-submarines in the US Navy to conduct operations in the Arctic, reports navy.mil, the official website of the United States navy.

USS Texas was on its first voyage from the naval base in New London to its new homeport at Pearl Harbor, Hawai, when it sailed and surfaced in the Arctic.

The Globe and Mail writes that until now, conventional wisdom held that the Virginia-class submarine was not designed for use in Arctic waters. But now, with the surfacing of USS Texas at the North Pole it seems that the Americans have taken steps to modify the Virginia-class sub’s Arctic abilities.

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