Transportation security

Russia to Increase Northern Sea Route Capacity by Massive 20 Times

The sea route plays an important part in Russia’s strategy to maintain a key advantage over the U.S. in the Arctic.

Earlier this year, Russia announced that it is building a new fleet of ice breakers. It already has at least a dozen diesel icebreakers in service. In addition, it owns six nuclear powered icebreakers and is expecting one more to be finished in 2017. In contrast, the U.S. only has two diesel