Duncan Hunter: “While Russia maintains a fleet of nearly 40 icebreakers... the U.S.…”

On the recordJuly 22, 2014

While Russia maintains a fleet of nearly 40 icebreakers... the U.S. fleet of heavy icebreakers is in a dismal state.

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Hunter highlights the inadequacy of U.S. icebreaker capabilities compared to Russia.

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How can you possibly stay on track with that kind of a cut?

May 7, 2018

That is unacceptable. There is no reason to be testing something that the Navy has been using for 5 years.

May 7, 2018

We are not going to have a driverless ship. Every Navy ship will be captained.

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Nothing has happened, technologically in 5 or 6 years, so that is understandable.

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Duncan Hunter: “While Russia maintains a fleet of nearly 40 icebreakers... the U.S. fleet of heavy icebreakers is in a dismal state.”