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After more than 9,000 miles of sailing and 10 exercises, a group of Northern Fleet vessels sails into the Barents Sea where it engages in joint action with coast guard ships.
Northern Fleet’s brand new frigate «Admiral Gorshkov» has sailed on Barents Sea combat training mission. So have nuclear submarines and strategic bombers.
As they sailed thought the shallow waters separating Russia and the U.S.A, the ships lined up in battle formation and engaged in anti-submarine training.
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Defense ministers Jussi Niinistö and Frank Bakke-Jensen are sharing experiences and enhancing cooperation. Here, they are visiting the Norwegian border guards in the Pasvik valley.
Russian and American long-range bombers and numerous other military aircraft have been flying missions over the Barents- and Norwegian Seas.
The 2,500 meter long runway on the Nagurskoye base in Russia’s Franz Josef Land is getting a new and solid top layer which will open up for year-round flights with heavy aircrafts.
«Norwegian authorities are again considering the use of nuclear weapons against Norway or close to Norway as a not unthinkable scenario,» reads a new threat assessment report.
The man was detained at Oslo airport Friday evening by the Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) on suspicion of illegal intelligence-gathering during a seminar at the Norwegian Parliament.
As the Russian treasury is running out of money, government appeals to the country’s biggest industrial companies for funding to new projects.
Russia’s first updated Yasen-class submarine, the Kazan, is now sailing its maiden voyage in the White Sea.
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For the first time, mobile coastal defense system Bastion test launched from Russia’s remote Arctic base of Kotelny.
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About 50 brand new reinforced large weapons bunkers are under construction at Okolnaya Bay just north of Severomorsk.
In case of a bigger conflict, it is quite likely that Russian armed forces would initiate a ground operation against the neighboring Norwegian region, Lieutenant General Kjell Grandhagen argues.
The Norwegian soldiers guarding the border to Russia is the world’s first military unit to use electric all terrain bikes.
Russia’s missing reactor-powered cruise missile in the Barents Sea obviously causes concerns, says Norway’s Environment Minister, Ola Elvestuen.
Eight Northern Fleet vessels sail out from the Kola Peninsula heading northeast on a long-distance Arctic voyage.
Last year, China and Russia had a joint naval exercise in the Baltic Sea. Now, possible practical forms of cooperation are discussed with the Northern Fleet.
As the Northern Fleet unfolds a series of exercises in Russian east Arctic waters, Head Commander Nikolay Yevmenov announces the construction of a new base on the coast of the Laptev Sea.
And the Norwegians should pay for it, says Deputy Governor Yevgeny Nikora.
The language turned sour as soon as the two presidents touched on the role of NATO and an upcoming major allied exercise.
These representatives of the Northern Fleet’s motorized infantry brigade know how to chop a melon with a tank gun.
Norway’s Defense Minister Frank Bakke-Jensen is clear: Our contact is good. We still have a direct line to Russia’s Northern Fleet.
A group of at least eight ships sails into east Arctic waters at the same time as a major unannounced drill unfolds in Russia’s Eastern Military District.
Government officials from Norway are no longer allowed to bring work-phones to Russia, and even near-border areas can be problematic.
About 30 top-trained servicemen from the Northern Fleet are taking part in a major exploratory operation through the northern parts of the Arctic archipelago.
While Vladimir Putin bragged about the invincible new missile in his annual speech to the nation, a U.S. intelligence report claims each of the four tests crashed.
With a length of 136 meters, the three will be the largest Coast Guard vessels sailing the European Arctic.
Strong-worded message from Russia’s Oslo Embassy warns about consequences of U.S. Marines based in Norway.
State oil company Rosneft says it intends to build two major dry-docks for Arctic oil platforms in Shipyard No 82 in Roslyakovo.
Norwegian radiation watchdog says its round-the-clock alert-readiness is prepared to act in case of accident.
After parading at Navy Day in St. Petersburg, four warships are this weekend sailing into Scandinavian waters.
It was early morning 10th October 1957 when Captain Georgy Lazarev slowly sailed his «S-144» submarine into the quiet waters of the Chernaya Guba to conduct the first ever launch of a nuclear torpedo. More than 60 years later, his devastating blast is honoured with a monument on site.
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Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday that Russia would react if Finland and Sweden joined NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization).
While Russia’s largest exercise over the last ten years in the Barents Sea comes to an end, eight NATO nations sail north for a two weeks’ exercise.