Putin looks to expand into Arctic with new nuclear icebreaker
The Russia leader approved the construction of a new icebreaker during a ceremony in St. Petersburg.
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The Russia leader approved the construction of a new icebreaker during a ceremony in St. Petersburg.
A new record for cargo transported via Russia's Northern Sea Route was set in 2023 with existing nuclear icebreakers providing more than 730 vessel support services. Work continues to progress on two more nuclear-powered icebreakers.
The world’s first nuclear-powered icebreaker, “Lenin”, which is also considered the first nuclear-powered civilian ship in the world, was built in the Soviet Union and officially entered into service on December 3, 1959.That date marked the beginning of the Soviet/Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker fleet, the most numerous and potent of its kind on the planet.
Second in size only to large aircraft carriers, the Kirov-class nuclear-powered guided missile cruisers are the largest ships in Russia’s arsenal.
Specialists of the Kingisepp Machine Building Factory have created a universal crewless boat based on the "Vizir" type platform, Mikhail Danilenko, Managing Director of KMZ group, told Sputnik at the Army-2023 forum.