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Snow-going vehicle Chaborz M-3 is made in the Chechen Republic on request of chieftain Ramzan Kadyrov.
Intensive military training on the Russian side of the border creates increasing communications troubles for nearby Norwegians.
How resilient are civilians to hybrid warfare and how to act in crises? A research project will include case studies from four countries vulnerable to hybrid warfare, including Norway.
Several naval vessels are sailing in the Ofoten area and will make port calls to Narvik
The warship will be handed over for service on June 20 after years of delay and test-sailings.
June 12, 1984: It is Cold War and the Soviet nuclear submarine K-131 is under the surface just outside Northern Norway when the fire alarm sounded. Hours later, 13 of the crew members are dead.
The two major yards in Severodvinsk, northern Russia, intend to deliver key components to the country’s planned new Arctic natural gas project.
Strong-worded message from Russia’s Oslo Embassy warns about consequences of U.S. Marines based in Norway.
Russian navy kicks off largest naval maneuver in 10 years in a surprise exercise aimed to counter a massive enemy attack.
The navy leg of Russia’s nuclear triad will by 2027 consist of three Borei and 11 Borei-A classes ballistic missile submarines.
Never before have four Bulava missiles been launched from a single Borei-class submarine at the same time.
A total of 38,000 tons will this summer be shipped to the Northern Fleet’s remote outposts.
Siste/ mest lest
Large area of the Barents Sea north of the Kola Peninsula closed off for shipping.
Eye on the Arctic
A brochure titled If Crisis or War Comes will soon be sent out to all Swedish households. The Civil Contingencies Agency is behind the initiative – the first of its kind since the Cold War.
A series of drills on landing marine infantry soldiers to desolate Arctic shores are in the making in the Sredny Peninsula, just few kilometers from the border to Norway.
Northern Fleet trains rescue diving northwest of Hammerfest.
Five 30-ton heavy ATVs are making their way around the Novaya Zemlya as part of a major exploratory effort of the Northern Fleet.
Up to 700 U.S. Marines are welcome for training on rotation at Værnes Air Station in the south and at Setermoen military camp in Troms, Northern Norway.
Smile for military cooperation: Chief Officer at «KV Barentshav» Frode Urke (left) and Head of the Northern Fleet's exercise unit Aleksandr Ulyanov (in the middle) are happy to work together in the Barents Sea. The scenario is realistic; missing people and people in distress at sea and prevention of oil spill pollution.
Last week of June will be noisy along Europe’s eastern border to Russia with exercises both in Finland and in the Baltic.
Five NATO countries participate with both navy vessels and surveillance aircrafts.
Eye On The Arctic
Defence Ministers from Finland, Sweden and the United States are scheduled to meet in Washington to discuss military cooperation between the three countries and the overall security policy situation, according to a press release from Finland’s defence ministry issued on Monday evening.
Nuclear powered submarine for seismic surveys under the ice. Photo: Oleg Kuleshov / kuleshovoleg.ru
Nuclear powered submarine for seismic surveys under the ice. Photo: Oleg Kuleshov / kuleshovoleg.ru
Nuclear powered submarine with drilling equipment for seafloor operations. Photo: Oleg Kuleshov / kuleshovoleg.ru
Twin mini-submarine powered with reactors for work on sub-sea installations under the ice. Photo: Oleg Kuleshov / kuleshovoleg.ru
«Arktika» is the first of the new class of powerful nuclear icebreakers to be commissioned within the next few years. Photo: Oleg Kuleshov / kuleshovoleg.ru
Lider is a planned, but not yet approved, new super-powerful nuclear powered icebreaker to sail for Rosatomflot. Photo: Oleg Kuleshov / kuleshovoleg.ru
«Pyotr Veliky» in the dock at shipyard No. 82 in Roslyakovo north of Murmansk. The battle cruiser is powered by two nuclear reactors. Her sister vessel, the «Admiral Nakhimov» is currently undergoing upgrades in Severodvinsk and will be re-commissioned to the navy. Photo Thomas Nilsen
Planned Lider-class nuclear-powered destroyer. Photo: Wikipedia / Artem Tkachenko
Planned aircraft-carrier Shtorm. Photo: Wikipedia / Artem Tkachenko
The Norwegian government planned to abandon the Air Force base in Andøya. But Nato might want it otherwise.
For the second year in a row a giant Russian nuclear powered submarine will sail to the naval parade in St. Petersburg.
Starting in Severomorsk on the Kola Peninsula, the fiber-optic line will provide state-of-the art tele- and data communication to all military bases and installations across the Arctic to Vladivostok.
Special forces from Chechnya constituted a key part of the troops which conducted combat training at Franz Josef Land.
Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov’s «Flying Squad» has arrived to Murmansk, ready for joint exercises with other services in the Arctic.
Pilots from the Russian Air Force and Northern Fleet together hunted down and destroyed simulated violators of Russian Arctic airspace.
Norwegian officials keep silent about the former border inspector’s alleged connections with the military intelligence service.
Russia’s 200th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade exercises winter warfare with drones and new weapons systems.
Russia’s scary Sarmat intercontinental ballistic nuclear missile is one step closer to being deployed.
Boiler at the central heating plant broke down in Zaozersk, the military town serving several of Russia’s nuclear powered submarines at the bases in Zapadnaya Litsa.
«Such behavior does not promote good neighborly relations.»