would it suffer if scotland left the uk? over the country be able to make better, perhaps better economic decisions? aberdeen is no stranger to economic challenges. after the boom years of oil, they suffered when the price fell. that also had an impact on the economic debate around independence. and increasingly, scotland s energy sector is investing in renewables. sir ian wood made his money from the oil boom, more than £1 billion of it. he says it still has a role to play, but diversification will be key for the city s future. i think we are in better shape than we were. we were to dependent on oil and is. frankly, the whole of the uk has been too dependent on oil and in our economy. so we are in a transition period, it s going to be challenging but i m reasonably confident we ll work our way through that. but i can t think of anywhere else in the uk better to actually make a serious go at renewables.
months there. they point to the vaccines working. more than half the country fully vaccinated. the u.s. navy has been call in the to help in that grim search for the indonesian submarine t 53 sailor dispeering after diving to begin a torpedo grill. late today saying they have an object with a strong magnetic force, but low oxygen supply. here s martha raddatz tonight. reporter: tonight, the indonesian navy says one of its ships has detected an object with a strong magnetic force in the search area, but even if that turns out to be the missing submarine, which is far from clear, the chances that the 53 sailors on board survived are all but impossible. the submarine disappeared in the dark waters off the coast of the resort island of bali more than 72 hours ago with an oxygen supply that would have been depleted hours ago.
exploit under the ice, yes, but russia released this video in january of the first time a freighter got through the ice in the east in the thick winter to sell a new trade route along its northern coast. it s a possible moneymaker for the kremlin, cutting the current journey time from asia to europe from the suez canal nearly in half. it s essential to russian s economic survival, but they do have a theory for an ambitious plan to travel, by passing the suez canal. reporter: the u.s. army is being swift. b1 bombers have flown out of norway. u.s. marines are training off in norway s north. yet there s a southern rush where for centuries there s been only bleak sheet ice.
expressed concerns to me the build up is not just about protecting it s also about projecting power across the ice toward the north pole. there are new resources to exploit under the ice, yes. but russia released this video in january of the first time a freighter got through the ice in the east in the thick winter to sell a new trade route along the northern coast. it s a possible moneymaker for the kremlin. cutting the current journey time from asian to europe through the suez canal nearly in happen. the development of the russian arctic is essential to russia s economic survival. they do have a very ambitious mission for charting the northern sea route. as president vladimir putin said, the next suez canal. reporter: u.s. officials voiced concern to cnn that russia is demanding permission to cross it. the u.s. and the allies bomb
russia released this video in january of the first time a freighter got through the ice in the east in the thick winter to sell a new trade route along its northern coast. it s a possible money maker for the kremlin, cutting the current journey time from asia to europe from the suez canal nearly in half. u.s. officials voiced concern to cnn that russia is already demanding ships use russian crews and get permission to cross it. in response to russia s buildup, the u.s. has sent b-1 bombers to fly out of and marines to train in norway. who gets there first makes the rules they say in a rush for a place nobody should want to be conquerable. we asked the russian foreign ministry and russian experts for comment on this and received no response. but it s important to point out that russian president vladimir putin in an extensive arctic plan published twice has pointed