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Homeland Security

Design For Heavy Polar Icebreaker Will Accommodate Adding Weapons Later, Zukunft Says

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, January 10th, 2018

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Design For Heavy Polar Icebreaker Will Accommodate Adding Weapons Later, Zukunft Says

Coast Guard heavy polar icebreaker Polar Star (foreground) shown cutting a channel in the Ross Sea as part of Operation Deep Freeze 2017. Photo: Chief Petty Officer David Mosley

Work done between the Coast Guard and the Navy on a new class of heavy polar icebreakers the Coast Guard hopes to begin buying within a year has included making reservations for space, weight and power to add offensive weapons systems at a later date if necessary, the Coast Guard’s top officer said on Wednesday.No decisions have been made on what weapons might go into the icebreakers, but they would be a “module” for the ships, fit into a CONEX…

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