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[-] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago

Also, the reason why Greenland is so important for the USA. The shortest distance between Russia and USA goes through it

[-] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago

Looks like that route would go through Canada as well, but you could avoid all that by taking a canoe from Alaska.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

I remember when Sarah Palin could see Russia from her backyard. Such innocent times. 😒

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

If you changed the destination to NY instead of San Francisco, it's more or less a straight line. Thenothe way around is through Alaska.

Also why bothe the regions have had massive defence value for the USA and have historical had a lot of military bases there

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