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Design For Heavy Polar Icebreaker Will Accommodate Adding Weapons Later, Zukunft Says

Design For Heavy Polar Icebreaker Will Accommodate Adding Weapons Later, Zukunft Says
Coast Guard heavy polar icebreaker Polar Star (foreground) shown cutting a channel in the Ross Sea as part of Operation Deep Freeze 2017. Photo: Chief Petty Officer David Mosley

Work done between the Coast Guard and the Navy on a new class of heavy polar icebreakers the Coast Guard hopes to begin buying within a year has included making reservations for space, weight and power to add offensive weapons systems at a later date if necessary, the Coast Guard’s top officer said on Wednesday.No decisions have been made on what weapons might go into the icebreakers, but they would be a “module” for the ships, fit into a CONEX…

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