The biggest nuclear powered icebreaker in the world "Arctic" has been launched.

[Barmaley]

Russia's new Project 22220 nuclear-powered icebreaker dubbed "Arktika" was launched from the Baltic Shipyard in Russia's second-largest city of St. Petersburg on Thursday.

Read more: http://sputniknews.com/russia/20160616/1041421522/russia-arktika-icebreaker.html




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_22220_nuclear-powered_icebreaker

Displacement:

Approximately 33,540 tonnes
Length: 173 m (568 ft)
Beam: 34 m (112 ft) (waterline)
Ice class: RMRS Icebreaker9

3d render of project

 

[vostok]

 

[Barmaley]

Good, contract for another two icebreakers of this class already signed and the second ship "Sibir" already under construction

 

[jaiind]

great development

 

[Barmaley]

"Arctika" icebreaker under construction.

 

[masud]

WHY russian navy need so many ice braker? is it economical prospective or militry prospective?

 

[Penguin]

WHY russian navy need so many ice braker? is it economical prospective or militry prospective?

Look at the map and where ports are.

With ice receding, the northern route to China gains importance.

 

[masud]

Look at the map and where ports are.

With ice receding, the northern route to China gains importance.

in short all there major base is covered by ice...am i right?

 

[Penguin]

 

[Penguin]

in short all there major base is covered by ice...am i right?

"From the time of Peter the Great, when Russia's aspirations for naval power were born, the absence of ice-free ports often has been cited as a motive for Russian expansion toward the Baltic and Black Seas and towards te warmer waters of the Pacific Ocean. Of equal importance for enhanced naval maneuverability is Russia's need for ports that provide access to open waters leading to the major oceans"
The Foreign Policy of Russia: Changing Systems, Enduring Interests, 2014
Robert H Donaldson, Joseph L Nogee
https://books.google.nl/books?id=ZT...AC#v=onepage&q=russia "icefree ports"&f=false

 

[vostok]

They are developing 2 times more powerful project - "Leader", 110 Megawatt.

Able to pass through ice up to 4.3 meters.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Never realized this before that Russia can actually do a Land invasion on USA by Alaska

 

[masud]

They are developing 2 times more powerful project - "Leader", 110 Megawatt.
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Able to pass through ice up to 4.3 meters.

yeah.....that,s look like a ship.