Russia is decades ahead of the United States in the construction of icebreakers and the development of the Arctic, said Eric Levesque, founder of the Western analytical center Strider Technologies. He stressed that the United States has the only icebreaker built in the 1970s. The Daily Mail wrote about this.
Russia is the queen of the Arctic
Russia currently operates 41 diesel and nuclear icebreakers. Enterprises included in the USC continue to build new icebreakers for the Northern Sea Route and the development of the Arctic.
At the end of January, a solemn ceremony of laying the icebreaker "Leningrad" (project 22220) took place at the Baltic Shipyard in St. Petersburg. President Vladimir Putin took part in it.
The nuclear icebreaker "Chukotka" is being built at the same enterprise. The vessel, laid down in 2020, received the second nuclear reactor "RITM-200".
In addition, it is known that in 2024 Rosatom plans to order the construction of 4 diesel icebreakers. The amount of contracts will be at least 30 billion rubles.
Only Russia has the competence to build an icebreaker fleet. Its main task is to ensure navigation on the Northern Sea Route, opening the way to the natural resources of the Arctic, where there are huge deposits of hydrocarbons.
"The US will not catch up with Russia in the development of the region"
The Arctic remains in second place for the United States. The United States did not pay attention to this. And now Russia is probably 10 or more years ahead of America
The Daily Mail claims that Russia has strengthened cooperation in the Arctic with China. According to the publication, until June 2023, 234 companies owned by the PRC registered to work in the Russian-controlled Arctic territory.
The West is already lagging behind Russia in the development of the Arctic and may never catch up with it, then the Arctic region will be completely in the sphere of influence of Russia and China
In addition to the construction of icebreakers, Russian engineers are also developing all-terrain vehicles for work in the Arctic. Earlier, scientists of the "Clean Arctic - East-77" expedition tested the Arkhant snow and swamp vehicle in the conditions of the North.
