IN A NUTSHELL 🚢 The United States is under pressure to expand its icebreaker fleet to compete with Russia’s extensive capabilities. 🧊 Icebreakers are crucial for accessing new Arctic shipping lanes and exploiting untapped resources as global warming progresses. 💰 Building new icebreakers faces significant budget overruns and delays, highlighting challenges in U.S. shipbuilding capacity. … Continue reading “Russia dominates the Arctic before the US”: these unstoppable icebreakers give Moscow overwhelming control over the world’s most strategic frozen frontier