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U.S., Canada, Finland Plan Collab On Polar Icebreaker Production

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, July 11th, 2024

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U.S., Canada, Finland Plan Collab On Polar Icebreaker Production

Computer rendering of Coast Guard's proposed polar security cutter. (Image: Coast Guard)

The U.S., Canada and Finland on Thursday said they plan to collaborate on the production of polar icebreakers to help meet their respective economic and security needs. For the U.S., cooperation with two other nations that have vast more experience in constructing medium and heavy icebreakers could be important given current struggles to build the first new polar icebreaker in decades. The “value proposition” for the U.S., a senior Biden administration official said on Wednesday, is “to bring world class…

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