The US and Finland agreed to a deal that would see Washington aquire as many as 11 icebreakers to kickstart the expansion of the American fleet as great-power rivalry is heating up in the Arctic.
Four vessels will be built in Finland and seven in the US, President
“We’re buying icebreakers and we’ll building them together for the most part,” Trump said. “We’re doing four over there and seven over here,” adding he’d negotiated a “pretty tough price.”
The first of the ships ...