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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.

By Dermot Cole July 27, 2018
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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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