America Must Build More Icebreakers or We'll Lose the Battle for the Arctic
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Retired 4-star: U.S. military ill-prepared for Arctic confrontation
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America Must Build More Icebreakers or We'll Lose the Battle for
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Not All Is Quiet On the Arctic Front - The Moscow Times
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As The Arctic Opens Up, The U.S. Is Down To A Single Icebreaker
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The melting Arctic gets a U.S. ambassador and an influx of
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US Icebreakers Are Finally Getting Some Attention
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Russia's Arctic shipping, drilling key for its future - FreightWaves
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Securing the north: Expanding the United States' icebreaker fleet
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Russia, China Are Crushing the U.S. in the Battle for the Arctic
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How US foreign policy is failing in the Arctic
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Arctic Sea Ice May Make a Last Stand in This Remote Region. It May