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    Mole Army: US Military Spending $576 Million Training for Underground Warfare

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    Despite cooling tensions with North Korea, the US isn't turning down the heat on its underground combat training programs, funneling over half a billion dollars into the effort.

    The US Army is slowly accepting that its next war, which may be against “peer competitors” like Russia, , or North Korea, will probably involve a good deal of underground fighting. Many of the world's most powerful militaries have vast subterranean facilities built to house command units, shield forces from nuclear or conventional attack, and to deliver unsuspecting sneak attacks on forces above ground — one estimate last year put the number at 10,000 worldwide.

    In addition, mega-cities like New York, , and have miles of underground tunnels. For example, Vanity Fair noted that there are 443 miles of underground track on the New York subway system alone. That's not even counting sewers, pedestrian access, mail and other services, other rail lines both presently used and abandoned, and other areas.

    The growing likelihood of a ground conflict with North Korea in the closing months of 2017 led the US Army to take up the question more seriously, military.com reported. Former US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld called the North Korean “world-class tunnelers,” Quartz reported. One estimate said that the North Koreans have 5,000 such underground facilities.

    The high prevalence of tunnel networks used by Daesh and other terrorist networks in the Syrian…

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