US Navy Nuclear Submarine Bursts Through Polar Ice

Have you ever seen a nuclear submarine burst through the polar ice? The US Navy performs exercises in the Arctic region called ICEX, where nuclear-powered submarines break through the ice to test the skills of the submarine’s crews and evaluate the performance of submarines in the most challenging conditions.
An average nuclear submarine can smash about 3 feet of ice, and some submarines can even go through around 9 feet of ice.
However, this is a risky exercise and it can severely damage a $1.59 billion submarine if the crew tries to surface through ice in the wrong location. It is very dangerous for sailors too because the chances of rescuing the crew of a sunken submarine alive in remote areas of the Arctic are quite low.
Fortunately, sensors enable the crew to find the right spots to surface and help research the Arctic in a safe way.

[@marv5078]

That must be an amazing site to see. Walking along as a submarine smashes through the ice near you.

[@garrettshelton5788]

I’d be less amazed more…smelly

[@phoneusandfroboof829]

id shit my self, just imagine your on your dogsled just minding your buisness and then 20 feet infront to your right a fucking submarine comes up

[@echoptic775]

Bruh wqlking where

[@PawelHerok]

And you hear *target locked*

[@Complete_Stranger7050]

Then the nuclear submarine begins to say *"Self destruct in T-minus 10-"*

[@ShockDiamondStudios]

Imagine being a polar bear just camping a seal hole and instead of a seal, an entire nuclear sub comes out of the ice.

[@Orquartz]

Lol

[@johnjohnohanasian2544]

It would probably try to eat it.

[@somer4213]

weirdest orca they’ve ever seen

[@njmksr8686]

​@@johnjohnohanasian2544 there's a picture of the uss connecticut with a polar bear grappling the rudder, yeah

[@BluntVille]

imagine being in a small tube with a nuke war head lol

[@sami3125]

I haven't seen one, but it was happening every morning during my parents school trip.

[@ThBlueSalamander]

Lol

[@randomdogem8]

Lmao

[@deanmoncaster]

Up hill both ways too!

[@sami3125]

@@deanmoncaster absolutely, and always against wind

[@wur4998]

@@deanmoncaster 26 hours a day, on 1 feet

[@iraqlobster1816]

My ears: “Ice-Sex” “Smash ice”

[@vse7327]

💀

[@ThisFuckingGuy]

Lmao

[@raquelsanchez4129]

Big long black thing smashes through ice.

[@V4N9U15H.]

Iraq Lobster jumpscare

[@Francisco43212]

i cex

[@georgespalding7640]

"Have you ever seen a nuclear submarine burst through the polar ice?" That might be one of the dumbest questions ever asked. The only one who's ever witnessed this is a freakin walrus.

[@stevencollado9827]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@al-masih2811]

🤣🤣🤣

[@lmaoasian2518]

calm down George 🤣

[@Erynnin]

A walrus with a hand held camera.

[@TerryWarfield]

Hahaja

[@anonymous6675]

Thank you. The yellow arrow and circle was so helpful in identifying the submarine against the camouflage background of the Arctic

[@Chicken19929Uhwn]

Actually impressed that nobody has made a Fast and Furious joke yet

[@loveplane737]

oh those 5 cars speeding around here

[@Chicken19929Uhwn]

@@loveplane737 yes

[@IsraelCountryCube]

Imagine being a politically incorrect! Oh wait that’s based. Also yeah I didn’t watch the fast and furious 9 movie but I remember in the trailer they go on ice and on a submarine too!

[@bakarvolimja8822]

I was looking for that comment

[@santanahenriquez1703]

"Have you ever seen a nuclear submarine burst through the Polar ice?" Roman: Yes right after I was freezing my A** off! And through out my years I've taken down cars, planes, trains, tanks, and now after that submarine?! I ain't talking about that. BOOM BOOM BOOM! 👋😝😜🤪😝🖐 🔥💥💥🔥 Also I even took an awesome selfie of it too! Wanna see?

[@juniorloaf12]

Thank you for the yellow circle pointing out the close-up of the subs conning tower breaking through ice. Wouldn't have been able to spot it otherwise

[@bishopp14]

This is why I came to the comment section. I knew I wasn't the only one! 🤣

[@bhaktibhandari7379]

"sir, shall we conduct a series of extensive checks for knowing the structural integrity of the submarine?" "Nah, just smash it through polar ice.. let's see"

[@mizaqenyad4269]

@99 hell yea baby USA USA😂

[@judgemental9253]

Fun fact: if adhering to US Navy SubSafe guidelines, a submarine can theoretically (and has) hit an underwater mountain at flank speed and survive.

[@Ms-yy3ox]

Him: "*Have you ever seen a submarine smash through the Polar ice*" Me: "My grandad was telling me about how he used to get to school through the arctic and saw one once" Edit: thanks for the likes guys 😉

[@SilverStarHeggisist]

Up hill both ways in 15 foot of snow. Had to clear the roads himself each day with his bare hands.

[@uptowndunker6346]

On bear feats

[@SilverStarHeggisist]

@Jason Newman had to fight lions to get lunch too

[@attilakonkoly4329]

Wow, respect to your granddad!

[@PeterDuffy-hr1wg]

😂

[@BoberMcBoberson]

Damn 3ft of Ice is considered strong enough to hold loads up to 110 tons!! So this is super impressive!

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

Still water so water displacement and whatnot

[@thegodofducks9116]

“Dad why is there a giant fish under us-“

[@punarbasunath7730]

Can I keep this in pond

[@chowsindahouse]

Yes the last time I was wondering around the polar freezer cold with nothing to do while I was freezing to death suddenly I heard this crunching noise .........

[@jennifercarruth2811]

"Have you ever seen a nuclear submarine smash through ice" That one third grade kids mind:

[@zayanmixedvlogs7130]

Imagine just ice fishing in the arctic for some resin then this submarine just pops up infront if you

[@dougfredricks2017]

Stained Hanes moment...

[@flavinho-]

I was gonna say "cool!" but then you mentioned the dangers 💀😭

[@martijnboersen3365]

Environment groups say the icecaps are melting. Meanwhile the Navi, let's break to ice for a exercise

[@raphaeladolini5805]

Narrator: "...have ever seen a submarine come from underneath the polar ice?" ME: ..." Yes, all of the time ! " 💪😃🤳

[@KAT-hs3xh]

Imagine walking in the Arctic and suddenly seeing an orca's (short for killer whale) tail smash through the ice?

[@mateusz_0]

Bruh😂 Orc's are not real they are lord of the Rings

[@mylesthomson2382]

Bruh

[@yuvrajbhattal8213]

@@mateusz_0 orca

[@KAT-hs3xh]

@@mateusz_0 orca is a killer whale

[@randomguy-randomness]

Fuck it...now i want some Arctic sea orks now...

[@fivecrosses9040]

His reason for going through the ice being, “it’s a training exercise, “ is hilarious.

[@Torre1312]

I love the way he starts his video with the question have you seen submarine Bursting through the ice,no stupid average man doesn’t see shit like that

[@marklleshi3383]

That’s why he asked bruh

[@JJ-mr3si]

Do you have brain damage? Its normal to ask a question like that

[@ponyboy9557]

It’s a rhetorical question, numb nut.

[@h3xad3cimaldev61]

Tf you talking about I see that shit all the time

[@floki5605]

When you wake up in the morning and look down

[@dinoroawr7378]

Imagine some guys doing some nuclear submarine exercises then some guy in a car with a missile on his back shouting "Family!!" is heading towards them.

[@thomasaur12290]

Polar bears that think they’re safe from drifting away: 👁️👄👁️

[@raihanxd6182]

For some reason when that happens I always hear the soviet union anthem I mean wth

[@vFrostin]

It’s more common for American subs to do it also the Russian naval submarine power has lowered since the fall of the Soviet Union

[@John-hu9qg]

The Soviets specialised in it, all their gear is at home in artic conditions, the large typhoon class missile submarine was designed to hide at enormous depths under the crackling ice shelf for up to 6 months, if the command to launch came in, it could crash through 12ft of solid ice to launch 200 nuclear warheads per vessel at targets in the west.

[@joaquinflores3547]

@@vFrostin Russia still has this type of stuff in the Arctic region by Siberia

[@Nefariously_ignorant]

@@John-hu9qg Yeah that's all well and good but a leadership that can't even keep a strict rota of maintenence on tanks, APCs, trucks etc (the fundamentals of ground warfare) then I doubt that they're maintaining their subs properly. They're no threat. As they've shown in Ukraine, the biggest threat from Russia is a bitter Soviet's irrational recklessness, not their perceived military prowess.

[@John-hu9qg]

@@Nefariously_ignorant I beg to differ, for the first 10 days of the the Ukrainian conflict they threw in a proportion of older equipment and reserve troops to wear down the Ukrainians. They have 750,000 military personnel and 14,000 tanks, as well as the largest and most sophisticated nuclear arsenal on the planet with a considerable tactical nuclear advantage over NATO. Hence why NATO ran away, when ukraine wanted military assistance.

[@mortale]

Submarine from Fast 9: *Immerges from 20 ft of Ice* Am I Joke To You?

[@alexwalker245]

Yea this happens to me every morning when I wake

[@veganvoyage6549]

🤣🤣🤣

[@mike.47]

That arrow pointing out the submarine was really useful, I wouldn’t have seen it otherwise. Doh!

[@vFrostin]

Someone that worked for my dad when he was a XO was clearing the ice off of the top thing (I forgot what it is called) and his right pinky finger was smashed between the ice and pole and he needed it to be amputated so now he has the bent pole and no right pinky finger.

[@alexanderhamilton4258]

Sail, and why tf would the xo be doing grunt work.

[@scully1622]

@@alexanderhamilton4258 "Someone that worked for my dad"

[@alexanderhamilton4258]

@@scully1622 You right. I'm not an officer for a good reason.

[@scully1622]

@@alexanderhamilton4258 We all miss shit sometimes man. Took me a minute myself.

[@Al-Rudigor]

The sail

[@carl6352]

I was involved in something much more exciting. A test launch of a Polaris missile off Daytona. While on board the sub. We opened missile tube lid at periscope depth, built up the pressure inside the tube and launched the missile In a hot bubble, when it flew out of the water the rockets ignited and it took off. Because there was so much pressure the sub rocked up and down!

[@deanmoncaster]

I used to live near a 50 metre across isolated pond in the middle of England and used to see this each summer at least three times a month even when I wasn't looking.

[@Ali--__--]

Have you ever seen a nuclear submarine burst through the ice. Me: **Coughs** Fate of The Furious.

[@kirill6850]

Yeah I've seen three subs bursting through the ice at the same time

[@fredsayer924]

1987 2 yanks and a brit boat at the North Pole at the same time

[@kirill6850]

@@fredsayer924 couldn't find that in Google but still interesting. My reference was the Umka-21 exercise by the Russian Northern Fleet btw.

[@crunchynuts793]

"have you ever see a nuclear sub burst through the polar ice?"..... "Yep every morning on my polar ice morning walk"

[@mfabian337]

I have seen one apparently, it's chasing dominic toretto

[@dirkjan7048]

Thanks for placing the yellow arrow and circle. I’d definitely have missed it otherwise

[@MRF.11]

Imagine being stuck under the ice

[@randomplayer3467]

Step bro im stuck and cold

[@MRF.11]

@@randomplayer3467 wow your a little sus step sis

[@Al-Rudigor]

It happens. The ice underneath is usually jagged like stalactites. If a sub hits one of those wrong (get turned sideways), they might not be able to use the ballast tanks and be stuck. They have to find a flat place to surface. They have upward facing sonar for that.

[@jakemccoy233]

Thanks for the yellow arrow and circle. Otherwise I wouldn't have noticed that submarine bursting through the ice.

[@EverythingPSPOfficial]

“Quite low”…. as in infinitely approaching 0%

[@beekeeper7535]

Glad that yellow arrow was pointing out the sub otherwise we wouldn't have noticed it

[@nolesy34]

➡️↘️⬇️↙️⬅️ street fighter secret moves be like

[@WordlessQuarry34]

I've seen it, in fast and furious 8

[@bigalskee6353]

That’s cool. I wonder if next video will be about the polar ice breaking apart

[@AntPictures]

If you are ever stuck in a thick ice call the Russian nuclear Icebreaker rescue squad.

[@irmavalenzuela1084]

My hand shake gos to those Navy military men who perform those risky exercises while putting their precious lives on the line. I say thank you for everything you do for the United States. You are nothing less than the best. GO NAVY!!!!❤

[@rhettgaskins9630]

Titanic left the chat

[@dwaynethesussoap6891]

Have you ever seen a nuclear submarine break through ice Me: yes in call of duty ghosts

[@worldoftanksblitzreplays6451]

"Have you ever seen a submarine breaking through ice?" Yes, and my friends have also driven cars on it Ifykyk

[@LifesLaboratory]

I'm really glad they added that arrow and yellow circle. I would have missed the sub otherwise.

[@notevenclose.]

As a mutant that can withstand the ice storm of Antarctica yeah ofcourse I've seen one.

[@johnnylego807]

I’m surprised there isn’t a button where it deploys a tool for “ice breaching” like a big wedge that comes out to cut through the ice, it should be on specific class subs for the Poles.

[@shaunakdas8192]

“I sex” 🤣

[@epicergamer4998]

Thank you for circling and pointing at the sub when it came through the ice. I might not of noticed it otherwise…🙄

[@Dan847]

Imagine bursting your secret sub through the ice in the middle of nowhere only for some random stranger to just pop up and say hi

[@flyingchimp12]

“Quite low” is more like 0

[@terryandrews7271]

Big big respect for our submarine command🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸💚💚💚

[@animeay2048]

that sounds very satisfying

[@iaml2348]

Hmm yes, hours of pushing off ice and snow in an already freezing environment is "satisfying".

[@animeay2048]

@@iaml2348 I mean when u break the ice and the submarine comes out lol

[@bjornelmqvist4546]

Thanks for the circle and arrow. It really helped guide my attention to the points of interest.

[@colinhowarth3070]

Really glad you put the yellow circle there otherwise I would have missed it

[@brittpadgitt2970]

Could you imagine being somewhere in the vicinity of where a submarine pops up and you didn't know it was going to. That to me would be terrifying.

[@realpropertymangement7640]

There I was, out for my daily midnight sun walk near the north pole when, much to my surprise and amazement, a submarine appeared from below the three foot ice. Glad I had my cell phone with me! 😂

[@bharathbolt314]

"Have you ever seen nuclear submarine burst through polar ice?" Me: Yes, in fast and furious

[@MarcG7424]

I remember seeing a video where a U.S sub and a U.K sub surfaced in the Arctic only yards from each other it was a sight

[@wanted323]

“Have you ever seen a nuclear submarine burst through the polar ice?” Me: well off course I have

[@sking2173]

Submarine service was something I never gave a second thought to doing. Like being trapped in a huge mass coffin …

[@jessiehughes9432]

Every winter I go out on ice and wait n wait n wait,one never surfaces so no i never seen a Sub surface from the ice.

[@5thVecuALT]

Imagine if a couple is just hanging out in the arctic , and a random nuclear submarine just comes out right next to them

[@TheBigEvil]

"Alright people, brass says we have to fuck around. Let's all hope we don't find out."

[@BeingHuman5291]

Me I need a hole in the ice to catch fish US Navy: say no more

[@darkendchat7882]

Vin Diesel: **And i took that personally**

[@theblueowl]

Me: * walking on ice * Random sub: Ima end dis mans ehole career

[@xXPhanillaXx]

I can just imagine some Eskimo chilling, sittin on the porch of his igloo screamin "get off my lawn" when this happens 🤣😂

[@VEN2oo]

Me realizing the chunks of ice can be as big as buildings wow nature is amazing and it never seizes to amaze me

[@seantaggart7382]

Penguins: WOAH DUDE mind the tail! Sub: sorry! just pulling up

[@crusadercatwoman02]

Russian Submarine: Laughs in Vodka

[@notado1520]

Normal guy:good video man . Gta people: is that kosatka?

[@goofsteris12]

Dudes voice is better than when you drink at 3 am

[@SEFRaider6290]

"Have you ever seen a nuclear submarine burst through ice?" Yes at the end of "Clockwork" in Call of Duty: Ghosts

[@Franzo_VEVO]

Imagine Being A Kid Playing In The Ice And This Comes And Lifts You Up😵😵😵

[@dqueezytv]

Bro lost me when he whipped out the chainsaw for the ice

[@Trump2024_NIGGA]

Ah yes, bursting through polar ice is the most important tactic in submarine warfare 💀💀

[@rekunta]

Polar bear: we’ll that’s not something you see everyday.

[@user-ie3vh6fl7d]

ОПЕРАТОР МОЛОДЕЦ!!!!!! РАНЬЩЕ СУБМАРИНЫ ДОШЕЛ ДО АРКТИКИ!!!!! 🥰🥰🥰

[@jimmywhispers100]

Mission briefing: Hey yall remember Titanic? Yeah do that except don't sink.

[@TheSubHunter1]

Yes I have and the submarine first shown is HMS Trenchant during ice X 2018

[@Gliderpilotowen2407]

have tou ever seen a nuclear submarine come above the ice me: yes in fast and furious 8

[@asheralexandreiobate3983]

Have you ever seen a nuclear submarine burst through the ice Me who's seen the fate of the furious:YES

[@ALmizzle415]

Have you ever seen a nuclear submarine burst through polar ice? Yea sure I chill next to the Arctic all the time. 😂.

[@Rondo2ooo]

What's the job of your dreams? - Being in a small pipe powered with nuclear power, crushing through thick ice at freezing temperatures. - Sounds exciting....

[@OOGABOOGAdude656]

"Have you seen a submarine break through ice" me:yes in a movie yes

[@NU7MTF]

The fact in fast and furious the russian sub breaks through the big ice in 1 try for god sake💀

[@kevincostello3856]

Have I ever seen a sub surface through the ice?? No , because I was actually inside the submarine. Served on fast attack submarines 89- 94. Thank you.

[@trafalgad.waterlaw3583]

Imagine building an igloo that took you 10 hours to build and suddenly a submarine bursts up out of nowhere breaking the igloo to peices 😭.

[@vegasaxeman]

GOD BLESS OUR US MILITARY! EACH AND EVERY ONE! 🇺🇸 God bless and take care guys & gals!

[@HATCH5T]

😂

[@bonitamojica5254]

Have I ever seen it? I mean, regularly when I go on walks..

[@PhullyNo1]

They wouldn’t do it if there was a risk. The military knows the limits of what they build.

[@user-pm1ds8bm4j]

This is crazy those people on that submarine are awful brave 💪

[@FMJUploads]

Funny this is a year + old video and is being reccomending to me now...

[@ed_cmntonly]

ICEX We were almost close to greatness

[@excesiveoilconsumer]

Pov russians: Ruslan can break with his boots and some vodka 27 feet of ice

[@generalconsumer9520]

"Have you ever seen what you are watching this very second?"