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It doesn't sound like the coast guard icebreakers server a purpose, so this is really a decline to zero.
by whatshisface 1y ago
It doesn't sound like the coast guard icebreakers server a purpose, so this is really a decline to zero.
- k310 1y agoThey serve a purpose, for all those dollars!! They did research when I served, a mere 50 years ago! These days, as part of DHS, not DOT, I can imagine that research is a dirty word compared to "projecting national interests" and the Commandant was summarily dismissed for predictable reasons. So I can't say what research, if any, is conducted these days. One can ask. A recent comparison of CG and NSF breakers, the latter of which is now zero, is in this congressional report. Physical page 45. https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/RL/PDF/RL34391/RL34391.281.pdf https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/RL/PDF/RL3439...
- hengheng 1y agoHas the research aspect ever been more than a fig leaf and a "might as well"? Strong parallel to rockets and high-altitude planes used for atmospheric research ...
- k310 1y agoThat, I can't say. I was at the commisioning of the Coast Guard R&D Center in Groton, 50+ years ago, and it moved across the river to a big facility in New London. Here is the place to look for research. I did look up the R&D center a while back with my impending 50 year anniversary of service. I was in the Physics branch and knew buddies in oceano. Our guy Dennis got multispectral photos of ice with a Hasselblad UV-Sonnar. Quartz and CaF elements. Who can forget that? https://www.dcms.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Acquisitions-CG-9/Research-Development-Test-and-Evaluation/Research-and-Development-Center/ https://www.dcms.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Command... HTH