mo4ch:>Climate change is ‘national security issue’, Pentagon warns in new report slammed by Dems | Mo4ch News

Military bases across the nation are “vulnerable” to floods, droughts, and wildfires as changing climate disrupts drills and rocket launches, the US military warned in a report. But Dems still accused it of downplaying the issue.Climate change is a “national security issue with potential impacts” to US military missions and installations, the Pentagon said in a report, submitted to Congress this week. The assessment was ordered last year by the Democratic Party. According to the Department of Defense, about two-thirds of the 79 “priority installations” are “vulnerable” to recurrent flooding, about a half to wildfires, and more than a half to drought. Climate effects not only disrupt troops training and weapon tests but force the Pentagon to spend more on repair and maintenance, the military wrote.Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, has “experienced” 14 inches (35cm) in sea level rise since 1930, as the flooding became “more frequent and severe.” Other bases close to the coasts have a…