A new Coast Guard heavy icebreaker is still on top of the top of the service’s shopping, USCGC Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft told lawmakers on Tuesday. He said the domestic shipbuilding industry and Arctic adversaries China and Russia are keeping an eye on the government’s commitment to buying those vessels. “We have to demonstrate … we are serious about building the icebreaker,” he told the House Appropriations Homeland Security subcommittee. When using the word “serious,” he was referring to both industry as an incentive to remain involved and to China and Russia to demonstrate national sovereignty in the American portion … Continue reading Zukunft to Congress: U.S. Must be Serious About Icebreaker Acquisition