The United States is going to buy an icebreaker to strengthen its presence in the Arctic

In Washington, they thought about buying a new icebreaker to plow the freezing waters of the Arctic Ocean, writes The Wall Street Journal.

As the newspaper notes, Russia has up to 40 icebreakers, China is increasingly seeking to strengthen its fleet to become a "great polar power", and the United States is playing catch-up.

America currently has only two icebreakers - the heavy Polar Star and the medium Healy, which exhausted their service life ten years ago, the newspaper writes.

To somehow make up for lost time, the US Coast Guard set out to purchase an ice-breaking vessel from a private company, Edison Chouest Offshore. The cost of the ship is estimated at up to $150 million. It will operate in Arctic waters.

Icebreakers are needed by the American the fleet in order to be able to approach foreign ships in frozen waters or conduct search and rescue operations, the newspaper notes. In addition, the Arctic is interesting in that it is possible to organize oil production and develop commercial fishing there. The importance of the Arctic is difficult to overestimate in military terms.

Recall that even under President Donald Trump, the possibility of adopting a program to create an American fleet of icebreakers for navigation in the ice of the Arctic and Antarctic was considered.

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[stelltok]

to create an American fleet of icebreakers for navigation in the ice of the Arctic and Antarctic.

Antarctica is the South Pole. And where does the south pole to the United States?

[Carat]

Quote from stelltok

to create an American fleet of icebreakers for navigation in the ice of the Arctic and Antarctic.

Antarctica is the South Pole. And where does the south pole to the United States?

Well, approximately the same as the Black Sea.

[alexey alexeyev_2]

You're right, friend. In 86, he visited the American McMurdo as an exchange .. Earth and sky. He was young. He took off a student

[tihonmarine]

Quote from stelltok

Antarctica is the South Pole. And where does the south pole to the United States?

The US believes that the whole world belongs to them Anglo-Saxons. Human greed is boundless.

[7gor]

So it is, they believe that there is a plug in every hole

[kor1vet1974]

And where does the south pole to the United States?

You see, they have polar scientific stations there, and besides the American ones, there are stations of Russia, Great Britain, Chile of several other states.

[Galleon]

There are more and more Americans in Antarctica and they dominate there. At the very South Pole is their Amundsen-Scott base, designed for 400 people. Few American planes are certified to fly over Antarctica. C-130, for example, can change the wheel chassis to ski. Ours cannot. Yes, ours have long been flying there on American aircraft, from Adelaide.
Undivided continent, rich in everything you can. It will be divided in proportion to the presence of interested countries. Therefore, there is just no one there, from the Japanese to the Ukrainians.

[tralflot1832]

We don’t forget about our Vostok, now it’s summer in Antarctica, construction continued. People and cargo arrived at the place on 4 Il 76 flights.

[ABC-schutze]

In general, as I understood from the title of the article, we are talking about the Arctic...

Where the States and almost all of their NATO tobaccos are actively "targeting". One misfortune - they have nothing to "edit" in the ice. Icebreakers, "as such" are in great short supply. And atomic and even more so ...

And the States have been planning to "build" a new icebreaker for five years already. If my memory serves me right, one Spanish shipbuilding company has even won the competition for a construction order. Only, again, it will not be a "nuclear-powered ship", but an "ordinary" icebreaker. And it’s good if it’s the main one, and not like an “ice class” - a river - a sea ...

In a word, let them twitch, they are pretty far from Russia. And it's time for Russia to ensure the safety of its icebreaker fleet (and all of its shipping in the Arctic) from the risks and threats from unmanned submarines of the United States, NATO and their other active sixes, SPECIFICALLY, take care ...

[vovochkarzhevsky]

They don't fly now. They flew in Soviet times.

[Evil 55]

Well, why .. And on what Matrastan will show his concern to the penguins and carry the egg of democracy to them .....

[isv000]

Quote from stelltok

Antarctica is the South Pole. And where does the south pole to the United States?

Precisely because only the United States has a US ambassador to Antarctica, and, not so long ago, Biden appointed the same one to the Arctic ... Umka scratches a turnip - what does he eat with? ..

[tralflot1832]

I’m a meticulous boy. Please love and favor, the icebreaker of all icebreakers. In the American concept. This is 100%, you can laugh.

The company barely got rid of it. The Canadians sent, the Australians went to Antarctica, sent one flight. This is an icebreaking class tug, it takes ice 1 meter thick, without acceleration.

[isv000]

I responsibly urge you to support the Yankees in every possible way in such trough construction - let them do it, the longer the better. As they build it, let them drag it to the Novosibirsk Islands for a run-in. Ours - do not answer the cries, how everything will be silent - make a request by mail to the States - who was yelling? And express concern...

[arkadiyssk]

Antarctica is the South Pole. And where does the south pole to the United States?
Do you even know who owns the South Pole? Back in 56, they set up their Scott-Amundsen station there and in fact they don’t let anyone in there. As a result, the USSR was forced to put its East shyly thousands of kilometers from the Pole. In a certain "magnetic" and not geographical pole.

[Nickelium]

Oh, it's not good to lie. It is Putin who is forced all the time, while the USSR, on the contrary, forced him.

[Vladimir Vladimirovich Vorontsov]

The United States is going to buy an icebreaker to strengthen its presence in the Arctic

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Don't go yankees
Walk to the Arctic ...

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[bk316]

Diesel can be bought from Norwegians of the middle class.
In general, 2 icebreakers for the entire Arctic is worse than nothing at all, without insurance it can end badly.

[Wedmak]

And the Norwegians will sell? They have their own needs.

[bk316]

And the Norwegians will sell?

I know that they have the capacity, but their load is incomprehensible, but yes, they also build themselves.

[tralflot1832]

See above, just don't laugh at this man-code

[isv000]

Quote: bk316

Diesel can be bought from Norwegians of the middle class.
In general, 2 icebreakers for the entire Arctic is worse than nothing at all, without insurance it can end badly.

Here to turn up, get stuck / freeze - who will they yell for help ?! Or will the ambition not allow it, so they will cool down?

[Leader_Barmaleev]

Before quoting an article about an icebreaker from the WSJ, it makes sense to read this article from it, which they carefully hide from the main news feed
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-chinese-cryptocurrency-threat-e-cny-digital-dollar-yuan-reserve-privacy-wholesale-transfer-fed-reform-inflation-11668954794?mod=Searchresults_pos4&page=1
and then ask the question - what money and where will they build and buy this icebreaker. Something tells me that this article about the digital yuan as a competitor to the dollar will blow up the network tomorrow and many questions will arise for the Americans about their solvency.

[Galleon]

Could buy nuclear icebreakers from the Russian Federation. And they would sell! Despite their threats to take Wrangel Island. That would be an enthusiastic squeal! Wow, the deal of the century! The rise of industry, etc.

[Wedmak]

Nobody will sell them nuclear power plants. They don’t need diesel ones, they are quite capable of building them themselves. They will remove a dozen military bases abroad - that’s the money for design and construction. But something tells me that these are just loud statements so far.

[bk316]

And they would sell!

Would sell, no longer available.
And diesel .... For good it is necessary to pull a tanker to it, and an ice-class tanker of the project 03182 type also needs to be built. And to squeeze an ordinary tanker in the ice is the end of nature.

[Alexey RA]

Quote: bk316

Would sell, no longer available.

Right now they can sell. For Atomflot, with the advent of new ALEDs, needs to put the old "Arktikas" somewhere. And the disposal of nuclear ships is a wild smut and expenses.
So disposal by sale (like the British "Saxons" for Ukraine) looks very attractive.

[Wedmak]

To somehow make up for lost time, the US Coast Guard set out to purchase an ice-breaking vessel from a private company, Edison Chouest Offshore.

Interesting movie. As I understand it after searching the internet, this company does not have its own icebreakers. So it will build. No one will give them ready-made projects, so you need to develop your own. It's not very fast.
That is, the US does not expect 5-8 new icebreakers in the next few years. I hope it won't happen at all.

[isv000]

Quote: Wedmak

That is, the US does not expect 5-8 new icebreakers in the next few years. I hope it won't happen at all.

During this time, Russia will only have more than a dozen vigorous ones, not to mention diesel-electric ships and just an unmeasured fleet of ships with a confident ice class, and each may have a container with incomprehensible contents ... Yankees - go hom (mattresses, throw under the bench) !

[orionvitt]

thought about buying a new icebreaker to plow the freezing waters of the Arctic Ocean

Well, of course. One icebreaker will save the "great polar state".

[Prisoner]

Let them buy that Aglisky icebreaker from Svidomo. And cheap, and a penny for Khokholobolonks.