This Icebreaker Has Design Problems and a History of Failure. It’s America's Latest Military Vessel.

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This story was originally published by ProPublica ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox . The icebreaker Aiviq is a gas guzzler with a troubled history. The ship was built to operate in the Arctic, but it has a type of propulsion system susceptible to failure in ice. Its waste and discharge systems weren't designed to meet polar code, its helicopter pad is in the wrong place to launch

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