Coast Guard Budget Would Fund 1st New Heavy Icebreaker in 40 Years

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Coast Guard Budget Would Fund 1st New Heavy Icebreaker in 40 Years

Military.com 12 Feb 2018 By Brendan McGarry

The Coast Guard finds itself in a significantly different budget environment this year -- not only is the service requesting a sizeable bump in funding, the money would help pay for its first new heavy icebreaker in 40 years.

The service asked for a total of about $11.7 billion in funding for fiscal 2019, an increase of $979 million, or 8.4 percent, over its previous request, according to a document released Monday as part of President Donald Trump's budget request.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/02/12/coast-guard-budget-would-fund-1st-new-heavy-icebreaker-40-years.html

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The Coast Guard wants to replace the barely seaworthy Polar Star for Arctic missions with a fleet of three heavy icebreakers. Last fall, it released a draft request for proposals from potential builders for a new heavy icebreaker design. The service also wants to build three medium icebreakers.

Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft has said the ships are needed in the Arctic as ice melts, sea lanes open up, and a race begins with Russia and China to seize advantage in the region.

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One, two or three more of these ships are needed.
They actually DO something.