Russia is strengthening the world's already most powerful icebreaker fleet

Россия укрепляет и без того мощнейший в мире ледокольный флот

В пятницу, 26 января, на Балтийском судостроительном заводе был заложен уже шестой по счету атомный…

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By Top Cor

On Friday, January 26, the sixth nuclear icebreaker of Project 22220 “Leningrad” was laid down at the Baltic Shipyard. At the moment, two more are under construction, and the remaining three are hard at work on the Northern Sea Route.

However, our country does not intend to stop there. The keel of the seventh vessel of the above-mentioned project is expected soon. In addition, the Zvezda shipyard continues construction of the first icebreaker of the latest project 10510, which will become the most powerful in the world, and, according to some reports, Rosatom has decided to lay down at least four more diesel icebreakers. Separately, it is worth noting that Russia has not only civilian, but also military ships of the corresponding class.

Thus, the final stage of state testing of the newest icebreaker “Evpatiy Kolovrat” is taking place in Kamchatka. In addition, the Project 23550 ice-class patrol ship Ivan Papanin will begin factory testing in April, and three more are under construction. In general, our country today is the undisputed leader in the field of icebreaker fleet. The latter currently consists of 41 ships, including 34 diesel and seven nuclear. No country in the world can even come close to this indicator. For example, the United States has only two icebreakers, and they are diesel.

However, in the foreseeable future, other states will not be able to compete with us in this area. Meanwhile, news about the laying down of new nuclear icebreakers indicates that the Russian Federation does not intend to slow down. And it is right. Indeed, recently, unfriendly countries no longer even hide their intentions to try to “squeeze” Russia in the Arctic.