"ARKTIKA" Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker project 22220 1:350 Zvezda plastic model kit

Please note this is a model kit and you need to build the model from small parts. This is not a finished product listing. Listing images are of finished model for reference only. Scale 1:350 plastic model kit Manufactured in Russia Not suitable for children under 14years of age. Finished product length - 49.5 cm 525 parts Free shipping all over India The newest Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker “ARKTIKA” is the lead ship of the Project 22220 (LC-60YA) class. It was launched on 16 June 2016 in St. Petersburg and commissioned on 21 October 2020 in Murmansk.The main tasks of the icebreakers of this project is to keep the Northern Sea Route open and to conduct expeditions to the Arctic. Thanks to its variable draft, this icebreaker can work efficiently in the shallow estuaries of Siberian rivers and on the Northern Sea Route, replacing the ships of the Taimyr and previous Arctic classes, respectively. The “ARKTIKA” is the largest and most powerful icebreaker in the world, with a length of 173,3 m a width of 34 m, this vessel is capable to keep the routes open for tankers with displacement up to 100,000 tons. The icebreaker of this project will be able to navigate through ice with a thickness of three meter.