Russia has been using a nuclear icebreaker fleet for decades, and it is far ahead of the US in this regard. This was stated by the President of the National Research Center (NRC) "Kurchatov Institute" Mikhail Kovalchuk on the sidelines of the Forum of Future Technologies.
He recalled that Russia is constantly working in the Arctic region. In addition, the country has the largest population in this zone — almost 2 million people.
The Americans have two icebreakers — they don't have nuclear icebreakers, which means they don't have experience, that is, we are a decade ahead.
The scientist noted that Russia may also be on par with other countries somewhere, and lagging behind somewhere, but that is "how life works." The technological race is moving, it has its own system of priorities, and this is normal, Kovalchuk added.
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