Tip of the Iceberg
Last week we learned that the Pentagon was tracking five Chinese warships in the Bering Sea, but there's a lot more going on in the Arctic these days. Spy satellites orbit overhead, Navy sensors collect data underwater, and a Cold War-era listening post has a new mission. It's all part of the U.S. effort to study threats in the far north, as China and Russia boost their military presence.
Davan Maharaj, editor of the Los Angeles Times