How the US could quickly find itself without a working heavy icebreaker
ANALYSIS: The GAO says the current timeline for procuring a new heavy polar icebreaker is a fantasy — and that was before a House committee slashed $750 million set aside to fund it this year.
Two things happened in Washington D.C. this week that suggest the U.S. Coast Guard could soon find itself with no heavy icebreaker.
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