Obama seeks to close icebreaker gap as Arctic sea traffic competition intensifies
by Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington from on (#K40N)
- President to speed up acquisition by two years of new heavy icebreaker
- Russia has 20 times the number of vessels adapted for Arctic waters
Barack Obama will propose on Tuesday accelerating the timeline for purchasing and building new icebreakers for the US coast guard in the Arctic Ocean, as part of an effort to close an increasing gap with other countries - particularly Russia.
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