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Donald Trump Wants More Icebreaker Ships. Can America Afford Them?
President Trump is pushing the United States to purchase “about 40 icebreakers.” Of course, paying for such a fleet in the ...
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Russia Is Absolutely Crushing the U.S. Navy in the Arctic. That’s a Real Threat to America.
Unfortunately, new icebreaker construction coincides with another long-running crisis: a massive deficit in United States ship-building capacity. The Polar Security Cutters have proven no ...
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Coast Guard’s icebreaker program faces major delays, cost overruns
Bollinger Shipyards is moving forward with design work and construction of the Coast Guard’s first new heavy icebreaker in ...
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US defense bill includes one billion dollars to fund a new polar icebreaker
The United States needs the capability to have year-round access to Polar Regions.” The funding for the Polar Icebreaker Recapitalization Project would accelerate plans announced by President ...
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Russia’s Navy group in Arctic to get universal patrol ice-breaker
"The icebreaker will be used to ensure the activity of the Arctic Navy group and is capable to ... including Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz are ...
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Chile's domestic built icebreaker is 59% completed, Navy reports
Chile's first domestic built icebreaker ... the Chilean navy's program and development department and Asmar at an estimated cost of US$ 216 million. The vessel is 111 meters long, 21 meters ...