Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Modernization: Background and Issues for Congress

O' ; Rourke, Ronald

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Defense policy;    Coast Guard -- U.S.;    Transportation;    Ships;    Environmental protection;   

RP-ID  :  RL34391
RP-ID  :  RL34391_2012Jun14

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report is written in response to the Coast Guard's budget request for a new polar ice breaker, of which the Coast Guard currently has none in operation. Polar icebreakers perform a variety of missions supporting U.S. interests in polar regions. Issues for Congress include what to do with decommissioned ice breakers, the impact of having no ice breakers, how to budget for new ice breakers, and how future ice breakers should be obtained.