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The supersonic bomber broke in two and exploded into a fireball in what appears to be very hard landing in bad visibility conditions.
A pair of strategic bombers crossed the skies of the Barents-, Kara- and Laptev Seas.
Military forces on the heavily militarized Kola Peninsula have blinded GPS signals in Norwegian air space five times over the last 17 months.
Norway and Sweden support a proposal from Finland to hold regularly joint Nordic cross-border military exercises with army troops.
First time British Apache helicopters have operated in the Arctic.
To be released in October, Kursk will be the first fully fledged adventure-documentary game in history.
The Norwegian minister of defense uses his new year’s speech to lash out against the neighboring country.
Likely the northernmost and coldest place on earth for mandatory military service.
Both police and rescue services in Northern Norway are deeply worried as GPS signals are interrupted. Public safety and life could in worst case be in danger, warns the police.
The Russian security service starts year 2019 with a new base for its coast guard vessels in Murmansk.
Norwegian Aviation Authority warns pilots in the airspace over Eastern Finnmark of irregular conditions for satellite navigation.
The new political department of the Russian Armed Forces has its first training session for soldiers serving in high Arctic bases.
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The photo of a nuclear bomb test going terribly wrong in August 1987 is revealed by a Russian blogger.
Moscow’s new scary class of nuclear weapons will be deployed from two submarines sailing for the Northern Fleet, each to carry a maximum of eight drones.
Crews of Russian reconnaissance and attack aircrafts train for operations in the country’s high Arctic archipelagos.
Key parts of next year’s Tsentr-2019 drills will be held in the area between the Arctic archipelagos of Novaya Zemlya and New Siberian Islands, the Russian Defense Ministry confirms.
This year has been packed with exercises, Northern Fleet Commander Nikolay Yevmenov underlined in his sum-up of 2018.
New advanced radars are deployed along the Russian Arctic coast.
Sergey Lavrov and Ine Eriksen Søreide had bilateral talks in Milan on Thursday, but the Russian Foreign Minister could not directly say if he can make it to Kirkenes next year to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Red Army's liberation of Eastern Finnmark.
«We have efficiently learnt how to provide a progressive and balanced development of our army and fleet, that enables them to neutralize any potential threats.»
The nuclear-capable strategic bombers flew over the Barents- and Norwegian Sea where Norwegian F-16s followed them.
The modified Tor surface to air missile system is placed on powerful belt wagons and can operate in temperatures down to minus 50.
First upgraded ballistic missile submarine has left Severodvinsk and embarked on comprehensive sea trials.
The cruise missiles that can strike deep in northern Europe were launched from both a submarine and a surface vessel.
It is a move made to distract public attention from the scandalous sinking of frigate «Helge Ingstad», says Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.
In a new move not seen before, Russia announced navy rocket training in the Norwegian Sea. But that was about it.
The 23,000 square meter big installation that sunk in the waters near Murmansk hinders shipping in the area, explains Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov.
Third time in less than a month that the Russian navy warns about shooting exercises in Norway’s Exclusive Economic Zone.
Russian Ambassador to Helsinki, Pavel Kuznetsov, will have to meet in the Foreign Ministry on Monday.
Russia’s biggest floating dry docks might remain on the bottom of the Kola Bay.
The two Russian bombers were flying in international airspace simultaneously as NATO’s large Trident Juncture exercise takes place.
Photo: Press service, Northern Fleet
Photo: Press service, Northern Fleet
Photo: Press service, Northern Fleet
Photo: Press service, Northern Fleet
Photo: Press service, Northern Fleet
As the U.S. intends to exit the INF treaty, Russia’s Foreign Minister says the future of the treaty regulating strategic nuclear weapons in unclear.
Russia’s military-patriotic movement Yunarmiya (Youth Army) now exceeds 270,000 members, including these 45 schoolchildren in Severodvinsk lined up on the hatches of the Typhoon submarine’s ballistic missile silos.
Both Norway and Finland have brought up the jamming with Russia through diplomatic channels.
A comprehensive test program with the new radar is about to start aimed at having the modernized GLOBUS system operational in 2022.