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These 5.5 million square miles are under an intense battle for dominance as the ice shrinks and opens new oil exploration, new shipping lanes and crucially new paths to wage war. do you have a sense of greater competition up here for capability in this space? >> we are well aware that we are in a great power competition environment, and the arctic is one piece of that. >> reporter: we went under the ice on the "uss hartford," one of many u.s. submarines taking part in a competition raging, sometimes miles below the surface. >> weapons 3-2-1, icer, next, tube one. >> "the hartford" los angeles ...

Expanding global competition between the u.s. and russia. these 5 1/2 million square miles are under intense battle for dominance as the ice shrinks and opens new oil exploration, new shipping lanes and crucially new paths to wage war. do you have a sense of greater competition up here for capability in this space? >> we are well aware that we are in a great power competition environment and the arctic is one piece of that. >> reporter: we went under the ice on the uss hartford, one of many submarines taking a competition raging, sometimes miles, below the surface. >> weapons 3, 2, 1. aye, sir...