The construction of the first Polar Security Cutter (PSC) heavy icebreaker for the U.S. Coast Guard is now formally proceeding, the War Zone reports. Though the milestone is important, it also underscores the PSC program’s already massive delays. The first of these new icebreakers was originally supposed to have been delivered this year and now may not arrive until 2029. The Coast Guard is sorely in need of more heavy icebreakers, with only one such ship, which is aging and increasingly hard to maintain, in its current fleet.
