President Donald Trump's massive tax and spending bill earmarks more than $8.6 billion to increase the U.S. Coast Guard ...

President Donald Trump has approved a massive $8.6 billion budget to expand the U.S. Coast Guard's icebreaker fleet, aiming ...

The new 220-meter dock built in Turkey is still stranded at port in Istanbul after the United Kingdom in May sanctioned the ...

In a strategic move to strengthen its presence in the Arctic, the U.S. is investing $8.6 billion in expanding its icebreaker ...

Russia’s new combat icebreaker, Ivan Papanin, begins trials to bolster Arctic presence. Armed and ice-capable, it signals a growing military focus in the region.

"Its first armed combat icebreaker, the Ivan Papanin, is in sea trials and scheduled to join Russia's Northern Fleet by the end of 2024," she wrote on the Wilson Center website in July.

The President has repeatedly called for the United States to beef up its icebreaker fleet to enhance national security in the ...

Not only are the U.S.’s nuclear missile defenses based in the Arctic, but there’s also fear Russia could seize control of Arctic resources, like rare Earth metals and oil, before the U.S. does.

The icebreaker Aiviq, seen sailing 116 miles southwest of Kodiak. (From U.S. Coast Guard) The U.S. Coast Guard inked a deal last month to bring a third icebreaker, the civilian vessel Aiviq, into ...

In 2022, Russia added two nuclear-powered icebreakers to its fleet of more than 40, as the Arctic takes on greater strategic significance due to climate change and a shrinking ice cap opening up ...