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Video: World’s First ‘Oblique’ Icebreaker Breaks Ice Sideways
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| February 9, 2016
| gcaptain
Posted on 02/10/2016 5:46:11 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER
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I'm not posting this because I think Russia is great, but because WE should be doing it, FIRST AND BEST.
Our Nation is not fading, it's being willfully slaughtered!
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Built in Helsinki, so if anyone’s deserving of kudos it’s the Finns. It is an impressive video.
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posted on
02/10/2016 5:53:33 AM PST
by
katana
(Just my opinion)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
With global warming who needs it.
To: SWAMPSNIPER
She rolls like a mofo in open water, much like the USCG buoy tender I was on. That will be a puker boat for sure. Good luck tot he uninitiated!
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Impressive piece of engineering. Using propulsion other than Propellers I would guess?
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posted on
02/10/2016 5:57:24 AM PST
by
Leto
To: SWAMPSNIPER
We could one-up them with “Variable Geometry Hull” technology. Not that it actually exists but we could at least float the idea.
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posted on
02/10/2016 5:57:43 AM PST
by
equaviator
(There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Wow, that was fascinating........The great lakes coast guard could use a couple of those
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posted on
02/10/2016 5:58:36 AM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(Dear Santa: Please find a home for every homeless and unwanted cat and dog that is suffering)
To: Travis T. OJustice
Sig Hansen could likely catch crabs with it.
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posted on
02/10/2016 5:59:50 AM PST
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
The only thing Russia had to do with this icebreaker is to write the check to pay for it. It was developed and is being built by a company in Finland called Aker Artic.
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posted on
02/10/2016 5:59:59 AM PST
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: katana
Built in Helsinki... Helsinki, Sweden?
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posted on
02/10/2016 6:02:16 AM PST
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rjsimmon
(The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Yep, it’s got a nice davit, would just need some minor mods. And tanks, Although I’m sure it’s got sizable ballasting tanks.
To: SWAMPSNIPER
On a "side" note (!), if you click on the link, you'll see an ad for "The Finest Hours," a new movie about a Coast Guard rescue in 1952. I saw it this weekend and can highly recommend it. It is an uplifting, soul-validating study in courage, ingenuity, and steadfastness. Nothing anti-American, sexual, or foul about it.
If you like exciting movies, especially with maritime themes, you'll love it. Too intense for kids. Think of it as "The Perfect Storm," without Clooney and with a happy ending.
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posted on
02/10/2016 6:12:55 AM PST
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IronJack
To: Travis T. OJustice
what tender where you on?
To: SWAMPSNIPER
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posted on
02/10/2016 6:14:27 AM PST
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Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: Leto
Azipods. Azimuth thrusters.
To: CGASMIA68
WLM 545 White Heath 133’ out of Boston
To: IronJack
I plan to see that when it’s available on Netflix or whatever.
To: SWAMPSNIPER
I'm not posting this because I think Russia is great, but because WE should be doing it, FIRST AND BEST. Why? What do we really need icebreakers for? From what I understand the ones we've had spend most of their time in Antarctica. Any Alaskan ports that get iced in are also accessible by road.
To: CGASMIA68
How about you? What unit(s) did you serve with?
To: Travis T. OJustice
I think I figured it out by your screen name.
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