Yes, Russians have nuclear-powered icebreakers and are rumored to have portable nuclear power they use for Arctic outposts (they use the nuclear-powered icebreakers to deliver the power units and supplies to their arctic mining/mineral outposts).
The sequence of nuclear power application to icebreakers vs submarines in Russia is not clear to me, but that would probably be an interesting deep dive as the Russians appear to be way more advanced in arctic operations of all kinds compared to everyone else, except for maybe the Finns and other Nordics.
...all that I know about icebreakers is that they have massive propulsion systems...
...aren't some of them (Russian) nuclear...
Yes, Russians have nuclear-powered icebreakers and are rumored to have portable nuclear power they use for Arctic outposts (they use the nuclear-powered icebreakers to deliver the power units and supplies to their arctic mining/mineral outposts).
The sequence of nuclear power application to icebreakers vs submarines in Russia is not clear to me, but that would probably be an interesting deep dive as the Russians appear to be way more advanced in arctic operations of all kinds compared to everyone else, except for maybe the Finns and other Nordics.
"rumored to have portable nuclear power they use for Arctic outposts"
...filed under "Highly Probable"...
...that would make perfect sense...
"Reflections on Ice Breaking"
Candy is dandy
But
Liquor is quicker
That's Ogden Nash, by the way
" Liquor is quicker "
...howls...
...I can drink all of the liquor in Costa Rica...
...and it ain't nobodies business but my own...
Ogden Nash was a genius...