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National security chief says Russia must bolster its Arctic military

According to Dmitry Medvedev, the chairmanship in the Arctic Council provides Moscow with an opportunity to promote national security interests in the Arctic.
June 23, 2021

Russia's new landing ship sails into Pechenga Bay, takes on board a battalion of special operations troops

The Northern Fleet tests its brand new landing ship in the bay located few kilometers from the border to Norway.
June 18, 2021

20 warships sail out for new Barents Sea exercise

Coastal flotilla, submarines, and aircraft will over the coming days conduct a tactical exercise to protect Russia’s Arctic borders.
June 08, 2021

Norway & Russia update agreement to avoid dangerous aircraft, warship encounters

Increased military activities up north by both nations make it important to have good mechanisms to ensure that episodes do not create misunderstandings or unpredictable escalations.
June 07, 2021

NATO ships with missile defence drill off northern Norway

Never before has such a large group of NATO warships exercised missile defence so far north.
June 02, 2021

Russia’s most advanced cruise missile nuclear sub arrives at Zapadnaya Litsa

At the end of the Cold War, these piers served the Soviet Union’s giant Typhoon submarines. Now, the new top-modern Yasen-M class get Nerpicha in Zapadnaya Litsa as home base.
June 02, 2021

Emergency cooperation gets priority amid military buildup and COVID crisis

One day after Norway scrambled a pair of F-16 fighter jets to meet Russian military planes outside its northern airspace, the two countries kick off a joint search-and-rescue drill in the maritime border areas.
June 02, 2021

Less aircraft in cross-border Arctic Challenge Exercise

The bi-annual fighter jets drill in the skies above northern Finland, Norway and Sweden, normally the largest in western Europe, is scaled down due to the coronavirus pandemic.
May 27, 2021

Battlecruiser leads Barents Sea exercise

Waters north of the Kola Peninsula is temporarily closed for civilian shipping as the Northern Fleet’s nuclear-powered battlecruiser "Pyotr Velikiy" conducts weapons shootings together with other surface warships and submarines.
May 23, 2021

Norway in joint training with B-52 up north

A pair of Norwegian F-16 fighter jets was this week training with a U.S. strategic bomber along the county’s northern coast.
May 20, 2021

Northern Finland to see biggest military exercise of the year

7,000 troops will be taking part in exercises in the forests of Finnish Lapland, including a contingent from neighbouring Sweden.
May 19, 2021

Admiral Moiseyev slams Norway’s ties with the United States as NATO kicks off major missile defence exercise

The Northern Fleet Commander considers Norway as the United States' bridgehead in the Arctic.
May 16, 2021

Northern Fleet gets priority in receiving new ballistic missile subs

Russia’s Defense Ministry has decided that at least one of the next Borei-A class strategic submarines will be delivered to the Northern Fleet instead of the Pacific Fleet.
May 15, 2021

USS New Mexico docks in Tromsø as Norway, US bolster Arctic military ties

The nuclear-powered Virginia class fast-attack submarine is the first to make port call to the civilian harbor just north of Tromsø in northern Norway.
May 10, 2021

Tromsø makes ready for port call by U.S. Navy nuclear sub

No-fly zone activated for May 10 to 12 over the dedicated harbor where a U.S. Navy nuclear-powered submarine will make port call.
May 07, 2021

German warship tests missiles outside northern Norway

A huge area in the Norwegian Sea, in size as large as Russia's Kola Peninsula, is closed off and marked with "live firing" for the two-days period May 7 to 9.
May 07, 2021

Northern Fleet gets first Yasen-M class submarine

Kazan is the first of eight modern nuclear-powered cruise missile submarines to be delivered from the shipyard in Severodvinsk.
May 06, 2021

Russian North sees sharp decline in population. Only military towns grow

The region of Murmansk in 2020 had a more than 1,1 percent drop in its population. But several of the Northern Fleet's closed military towns saw a boost in newcomers.
May 03, 2021

Zakharova erupts in fury over Norway’s military deal with the United States

Oslo follows a deliberate and destructive line towards aggravating tensions in the Euro-Arctic region, and destroying Russian-Norwegian relations, the spokeswomen for Russia’s Foreign Ministry said in her weekly press briefing.
April 30, 2021

Northern Fleet starts removing oldest ballistic missile subs

The 36 years old "Ekaterinburg" is first to be sent to scrap.
April 28, 2021

Russia with artillery shelling in Varanger fjord near Norway's Grense Jakobselv

At the nearest, the area announced for artillery shooting is only 3 to 4 nautical miles from Norway’s territorial waters.
April 20, 2021

Northern Fleet kicks off major exercise

NATO aircraft are in the skies over the Barents Sea watching as nuclear- and diesel submarines, surface warships, support vessels on Monday sailed out from the Kola Peninsula.
April 20, 2021

U.S. Navy will build airport infrastructure in northern Norway to meet upped Russian submarine presence

Norway' Minister of Defense, Frank Bakke-Jensen, on Friday signed an agreement with the United States allowing for, among other things, construction of hangar and fuel supply infrastructure for U.S. Navy P-8A maritime patrol aircraft at Evenes airport and the nearby Ramsund naval station.
April 16, 2021

Russia's Bal missile system will cover entire Northern Sea Route

A Bal missile can take out ships up to 5,000 tons and is aimed at protecting the territorial waters now becoming more accessible for shipping as the Arctic sea ice retreats.
April 15, 2021

Norway to host biggest exercise inside Arctic Circle since Cold War

About 40,000 soldiers will participate in Cold Response 2022, planned to take place in the Ofoten area with navy and air force as main players in the war game.
April 14, 2021

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