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#Texas Sen. Cruz, along other #American officials and with US Coast Guard, say **#Russia and #China are BEATING the #USA in the #Arctic** A new shipbuilding effort in #Texas is underway to counter that. The Coast Guard currently only has three operational polar icebreakers, including only one heavy icebreaker, the Polar Star, commissioned in 1976. It costs more to maintain than it did to acquire it, Lunday said. By contrast, Russia operates a fleet of more than 50 polar icebreakers; China operates five, he said. The admiral also described a real threat. “Last summer, as a clear demonstration of our resolve, three Coast Guard cutters **intercepted and chased away** five #Chinese 'research' vessels operating in the outer continental shelf in the Arctic North of #Alaska. We're actively countering challenges to U.S. sovereignty there, working alongside our allies, but we cannot protect our sovereign interests unless we are … operating continuously” in the Arctic. https://justthenews.com/nation/states/center-square/cruz-and-coast-guard-say-china-russia-beating-us-arctic