Space Force was only the beginning. In the race for the Pentagon to
spend oodles of money preparing to fight wars in places where virtually
no one is and which are fairly inconsequential, Gen. Charles Q. Brown is now angling for more military capabilities at the South Pole.
Gen. Brown noted that the US military doesn’t have a huge number of
icebreakers, and with Earth having two poles and all has to split the
ones they do have between the Arctic and Antarctic.
US officials have made plays recently for more Arctic gear to fight with
Russia and China over resources in the far north. There is no sign that
resources would even be a thing in Antarctica, which is land and not
ocean, and where no one seems to be looking to stake claims.
But Brown believes the South Pole “is just a number of years away” from
being a focus point in US-Russia competition, though he didn’t even
attempt to ballpark how many years that would actually be.
But whether it’s a thing 10 years from now or 1,000 years from now, the
US only had 10 planes with skis for landing gear, and they could
definitely spend a lot more on skis going forward.
I support it. Send the entire US military to South Pole and keep them there, the entire year around, so that the world can have peace.
Better send them all to Mars, they can play their wars there.
Good, perhaps also, all congessthings voting for wars would be required to house 4 homeless vets in each of their houses.
Ladies and gentlemen, we cannot and must not allow there to be a penguin gap. $100 billion would get us started …
Will someone remind Gen Brown that the Antarctic Treaty provides that Antarctica shall be used for peaceful purposes only. It specifically prohibits
“any measures of a military nature, such as the establishment of
military bases and fortifications, the carrying out of military
maneuvers, as well as the testing of any type of weapons.” Knowing the yanks, they will tear the treaty up like they did with their constitution.
I sincerely hope General Brown is taken seriously. Would you be able to live with yourself if… no, WHEN, the Russkies overrun Antarctica? I’m having panic attacks just picturing it… no… no…
Relevance seeking by some sad sack general at taxpayer and future generations expense. What a nutter.
why the hell do you need military personnel at the south pole? wtf are you fighting, snow drifts?
As a land mass, Antarctica is larger than Europe or Australia. At some point, it is going to become — or be made — habitable and exploitable. Which means that at some point before that, the world powers are going to start jockeying for position to be in control of that habitation and exploitation.