China and Russia and the US icebreaker race
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At a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Arctic security in March, Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-Fla.) argued that “the U.S. cannot afford to fall behind Russia and China” in Arctic icebreakers.This framing has become a familiar refrain in Washington. As Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) put it in January, “We have two (icebreakers). One is broken and the Russians have 54. It’s time to close that Icebreaker gap.” The United States is right to address its long-standing lack of icebreaking capabiliti
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