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Pentagon Unveils Plan For Military's Response To Climate Change

Posted by samzenpus on from the it's-getting-hot-in-here dept.

An anonymous reader writes Rising sea levels and other effects of climate change will create major problems for America's military, including more and worse natural disasters and food and water shortages that could fuel disputes around the world, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Monday. From the article: "The Pentagon's 2014 Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap (PDF) describes how global warming will bring new demands on the military. Among the report's conclusions: Coastal military installations that are vulnerable to flooding will need to be altered; humanitarian assistance missions will be more frequent in the face of more intense natural disasters; weapons and other critical military equipment will need to work under more severe weather conditions. 'This road map shows how we are identifying — with tangible and specific metrics, and using the best available science — the effects of climate change on the department's missions and responsibilities,' Hagel said. 'Drawing on these assessments, we will integrate climate change considerations into our planning, operations, and training.'"

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  1. Re:Just an excuse.. by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    OTOH, fixing the small arms so that they wouldn't jam after a hundred shots anywhere slightly rougher than the Mid-West would probably be a great idea. (Perhaps Colt could learn from HK?)

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  2. How about a military by amightywind · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    How about a military that actually wins wars and focuses less on social experimentation? Obama is getting his ass handed to him in Iraq and Syria. The queers are really taking over.

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  3. Re:For everything there is a season by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Fucking moron, go back to masturbating in your "Apocalypse Shelter" to videos of Rand Paul.

  4. Re:For everything there is a season by Archangel+Michael · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Because your weird draconian sledgehammer method won't work either?

    Won't work? Nothing "works" 100%, so by that measure, your implication is that since it "won't work" we simply shouldn't do it. Great Suggestion!

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  5. Re:For everything there is a season by Archangel+Michael · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Quarantine anyone coming from Africa. Was a little critical thinking too fucking hard?

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