This is mostly a good idea i think. I don't know where the number 11 comes from, but we do need icebreakers. And 7 of them will be built here in the US. I'd rather they all were, but that's not reality. Hopefully this is the way forward for revitalized shipbuilding in the US. We shall see.
The New York TimesPresident Trump decided to buy 11 polar icebreakers, worth almost $7 billion, after a game of golf with Finland’s president. The question, experts say, is how many the U.S. really needs. nyti.ms/4hK355K