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Zukunft Wants Icebreaker In Coast Guard Budget, But Carter Warns Of Squeeze

Zukunft Wants Icebreaker In Coast Guard Budget, But Carter Warns Of Squeeze
Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Paul F. Zukunft. Photo: U.S. Coast Guard

Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft on Thursday said he would prefer that the construction spending for the planned new heavy polar icebreaker be accounted for in his service’s budget rather than the Navy’s given its priorities to expand its fleet of Naval vessels.The Navy wants to build to a fleet of more than 350 surface and subsurface vessels from less than 300 currently and with the “pressure” on its future budgets that this recapitalization effort will bring, the icebreaker…

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