The Ministry of Defence has suggested that a future icebreaker could form part of Britain’s long-term Arctic strategy, though ...

Opinion: New icebreakers designed to deploy and service uncrewed systems would bolster a credible Arctic defense.

While submarines are the most common nuclear-powered ships, the first surface vessel powered by a reactor was the Lenin, an icebreaker commissioned in 1959.

The agencies said that while in Murmansk, Putin visited a submarine named Arkhangelsk, also in the same class, and toured the Atomflot enterprise, which oversees Russia's icebreaker projects.

The planned submarines would be 360 metres long and no more than 70 metres wide, it said, and would be powered by RITM-200 nuclear reactors, which Russia uses to power its newest icebreakers.

One icebreaker innovation Finland did not develop was the armed combat icebreaker. Russia has already built one armed icebreaker, the 9,000-ton Papanin, with two more under construction and another ...

There's a sense of déjà vu in the defence community over the proposal by both Liberals and Conservatives to give the navy heavy, militarized icebreakers. Prime Minister Stephen Harper's ...

The Coast Guard's newest icebreaker will honor a storied cutter that plied the Bering Sea, Alaska and elsewhere for more than 60 years -- a period in which its crews saved hundreds of distressed ...

Canada plans to buy 12 new submarines as the U.S. and its allies and adversaries step up operations in the thawing Arctic. Latest U.S.

Currently there are 179 icebreakers in service worldwide, with 29 being built and 35 on order. This degree of activity not only replaces older icebreakers nearing retirement age but is also increasing ...