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Meet 'Ural,' Russia's New Nuclear-Powered Icebreaking Behemoth
Popular Mechanics ^ | May 28, 2019 | Kyle Mizokami

Posted on 05/29/2019 9:24:15 AM PDT by C19fan

Russia’s state nuclear agency has launched a new icebreaker, Ural, as part of the country’s plans to dominate the newly warming Arctic region. The nuclear-powered ship is one of three new icebreakers commissioned by Moscow to navigate waters choked with sea ice and smash its way through if necessary.

The ship, Ural, is the third in the class of three Project 22220 icebreakers. The ship was constructed by the Baltic Shipyards of St. Petersburg and will be handed over to Rosatom, Russia’s nuclear agency, in 2021. The Project 22220 ships are 173 meters (567 feet) long and 34 meters (111 feet) wide, making them the largest icebreakers ever constructed. The ships displace a massive 33,000 tons, likely due to large ballast tanks built inside the ship that allow it to ride higher or lower in the water as necessary.

(Excerpt) Read more at popularmechanics.com ...


TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: arctic; globalwarminghoax; greennewdeal; icebreaker; kylemizokami; popularmechanics; project22220; russia; ships; ural
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33,000 tons is comparable to World War I era dreadnaughts.
1 posted on 05/29/2019 9:24:15 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

I guess the name Chernobyl was taken?


2 posted on 05/29/2019 9:26:42 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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If the Artic is warming can we assume the ice is melting on it’s own. So why do we need three bemouth icebreakers to plow through the ice choked waters?


3 posted on 05/29/2019 9:28:12 AM PDT by redangus
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To: C19fan

Can’t they just sprinkle some salt on it?


4 posted on 05/29/2019 9:29:47 AM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: redangus

If the Arctic is warming can we assume the ice is melting on it’s own. So why do we need three behemoth icebreakers to plow through the ice choked waters? <

This article is - among other things - Global Warming propaganda. You are not permitted to question Global Warming propaganda.


5 posted on 05/29/2019 9:31:38 AM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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“If the Arctic is warming can we assume the ice is melting on it’s own. So why do we need three behemoth icebreakers to plow through the ice choked waters?”

Because the Russians don’t think the ice is going to be melting. I actually listened to three lectures from their Arctic Institute and they think the ice is going to be thickening, that’s why they’re building ice breakers to keep their northern shipping routes open. The article is misleading.


6 posted on 05/29/2019 9:32:57 AM PDT by Bayan
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So the Arctic is warming and they need a much more massive icebreaker ship? Yeah that makes a ton of sense.


7 posted on 05/29/2019 9:35:29 AM PDT by Migraine
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You beat me by 2.5 min.


8 posted on 05/29/2019 9:36:13 AM PDT by Migraine
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a new icebreaker...to dominate the newly warming Arctic region

If its warming why would they need an icebreaker?

9 posted on 05/29/2019 9:39:17 AM PDT by tbpiper
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To: C19fan

Wasn’t the arctic supposed to be ice free by now?


10 posted on 05/29/2019 9:40:59 AM PDT by aquila48
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To: tbpiper

Redundant question on my part.


11 posted on 05/29/2019 9:41:04 AM PDT by tbpiper
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To: C19fan

Lol! You don’t need a huge icebreaker to dominate seas the AGW crowd insist will be ice free!


12 posted on 05/29/2019 9:42:22 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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...the country’s plans to dominate the newly warming Arctic region.

If it's 'warming' then why need an ice breaker?.............

13 posted on 05/29/2019 9:42:30 AM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: aquila48

Thus spake ‘Saint AL of Gorelandia’


14 posted on 05/29/2019 9:50:25 AM PDT by litehaus (A memory toooo long.............)
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To: C19fan

Mr. President! We have an icebreaker Gap! Just look on the big board


15 posted on 05/29/2019 9:50:56 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: redangus

Bingo!!!...WE have a WINNER!!!!


16 posted on 05/29/2019 9:52:39 AM PDT by Osage Orange (Whiskey Tango Foxtrot)
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To: DesertRhino

LOL, just reading that, I have George C. Scott’s face in my mind exactly...:)

Too funny!


17 posted on 05/29/2019 9:54:21 AM PDT by rlmorel (Trump to China: This Capitalist Will Not Sell You the Rope with Which You Will Hang Us.)
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To: SunkenCiv

*ping*


18 posted on 05/29/2019 10:01:15 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Who will think of the gerbils ? Just say no to Buttgiggity !)
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To: redangus

“newly warming”

Lying Democrat scum.


19 posted on 05/29/2019 10:09:09 AM PDT by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie.)
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To: C19fan

Never mind that some of their WWI era dreadnoughts had ... icebreaker bows.


20 posted on 05/29/2019 10:11:57 AM PDT by Kommodor (Terrorist, Journalist or Democrat? I can't tell the difference.)
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