With long term Treasuries decidedly weakening as leading and coincident economic indicators wax buoyant, what is normally a long termsea change could be compressed into a year or two.
Of these, clearly the most cost-effective and -- if properly executed -- nearest-term would be a sea-based program using the Navy's existing Aegis fleet air defense assets.
The MPs heard from the Met Office that the decline in sea ice is part of a long-term trend, although this year's very severe melt was likely to have been accelerated by local weather conditions.