I think minimum is the right word--at least two operational, large-scale icebreakers, at minimum.
The fact is, the Coast Guard is constantly put at the back of the line for resources, constantly forced to do more with ...
We need to help the Coast Guard replace its aging fleet, the program that funds port security grants.
the best thing is to decommission POLAR SEA, and devote all our resources into POLAR STAR
My gut tells me it's not worth the money; we should put that into what we know.
I think the High Latitude Study will show a need for a range of icebreakers.
But, just in case, I'll just echo it again.
Yes, sir. I certainly do.
if we don't know what that end is, we don't know if we're really fully, if we're at 70 percent of your mission, 60 perce...
We need a deepwater port up there--not only for the industry, but for the Coast Guard, and oil spill technology.
We have no place to put people up there. We have no hangers for aircraft. We have no piers, no Coast Guard boats.
We have zero capability to respond in the Arctic right now. And we've got to do better than that.
Because some of these things are so darn old that, you know, you're going to be floating one day, and it's not going to ...
The question is, utilizing that $5 million to get it going, whatever that pathway is, is really of a high value.
You understand what I'm asking for.
Because I really, I think that's, for us it's important to see that.
Would a multi-year authorization on capitalization be helpful to get these longer-term kind of agreements?
What keeps me awake at night--an oil spill, a collision. A ship sinking in the Arctic keeps me awake at night.
