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The majority of this coastline spreads across the Arctics, so only Icebreakers can navigate there, the rest of its access to the ocean crosses other countries'
by alex-ant 4y ago
The majority of this coastline spreads across the Arctics, so only Icebreakers can navigate there, the rest of its access to the ocean crosses other countries' territorial waters (Turkey and Japan for example) and can easily be blocked. Which is why Russia has never been a naval power.
- rurban 4y agoThe icebreaker story is not really relevant anymore. Old news die slow. Nowadays the Arctic routes are shippable through most of the year without icebreakers.