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A week after major naval drills, a surprise inspection brings 20 Northern Fleet vessel back to sea

The naval force that now sets out to the Barents Sea includes a powerful landing unit that is likely to engage in training near Norwegian shores.
July 19, 2020

Norway changes homeport for spy-ship, away from Russian border

Ministry of Defense confirms that Harstad is the new official homeport for the intelligence ship «Marjata» that until now has called on Kirkenes for crew change and supplies.
July 10, 2020

More than 30 Russian naval vessels open fire in large-scale Barents Sea war games

With nuclear-powered battle cruiser "Pyotr Veliky" at the helm, the Northern Fleet starts its biggest exercise this year.
July 09, 2020

Submarine base welcomes new most lethal vessel

The "Knyaz Vladimir" arrives in Gadzhievo in the Kola Peninsula.
July 07, 2020

Villagers advised by military to evacuate Nenoksa ahead of missile test

Villagers are asked to meet at 5 am on July 7th to board busses bringing them in safe distance for the Russian navy’s test site on the coast of the White Sea in northern Russia. A warning to ships is issued for a large area in the White Sea from Nenoksa towards Cape Kanin.
July 06, 2020

Northern Fleet gets first new Arctic research vessel in more than 20 years

The "Nikolay Skosyrev" is to survey Arctic waters.
June 29, 2020

Norwegian defense leader attends military parade in Murmansk

Head of Norway's Joint Operative Headquarters Rune Jakobsen leads the delegation that on the 24th June attends war victory celebrations in the north Russian city.
June 24, 2020

The city that builds Russia's nuclear submarines now has more than 2,000 COVID-19 cases

The two construction yards in Severodvinsk are hotbeds for the coronavirus in northern Russia.
June 23, 2020

Geopolitics is changing as B-2 again flies Arctic mission together with Norwegian F-35

"The flights are clearly a part of a plan of geopolitical and strategic signaling," says defense analyst Per Erik Solli and points to Russia’s long-range navy and air force operations south to the North Sea areas.
June 18, 2020

78-years old former Russian navy captain, now professor on Arctic, accused of working for Chinese intelligence

Professor Valery Mitko is President of the St. Petersburg Arctic Social Science Academy and got his education from the Higher Naval School of Radio Electronics in the 1960ties.
June 15, 2020

Naval Chiefs at Russian submarine ceremony ignore coronavirus safety rules

Russia's latest ballistic missile submarine "Knyaz Vladimir" was officially handed over to the Northern Fleet on Friday from the Sevmash shipyard in Severodvinsk, the city with the highest number of coronavirus-cases in the Arkhangelsk Oblast.
June 12, 2020

Military engineering troops sent to restore Murmansk railway connection

President Putin and Defense Minister Shoigu order action to speed up alternative railway link.
June 11, 2020

Putin heightens the strategic role of the Northern Fleet

In an early June decree, President Vladimir Putin de facto equals the Northern Fleet with a military district.
June 08, 2020

Missile hits target in test launch near border to Russia

The Norwegian forces based in Kirkenes for the first time conduct live fire exercise with a Javelin anti-tank missile. The training is part of Norway's buildup of military capacities in the North.
June 07, 2020

B-52 on Arctic mission with Norwegian fighter jets

The NATO warplanes on June 3 were exercising in international airspace just outside Finnmark.
June 04, 2020

Northern Fleet Commander announces war games outside Norway

With short notice, the Russian Northern Fleet announces via its own media a large-scale exercise to happen later this month in the Barents- and Norwegian Seas involving 30 surface ships, a few submarines, support vessels and more than 20 aircraft.
June 01, 2020

Sevmash shipyard handed over SSBN «Knyaz Vladimir» to Northern Fleet

The submarine adds at least 96 nuclear warheads to the navy sailing out from the Kola Peninsula.
June 01, 2020

FSB General sees growing threat from foreign Arctic researchers and indigenous peoples activists

Their objective is to challenge the current legal and territorial status of the region and undermine Russia's development of natural resources, leader of FSB's Border Guard Service Vladimir Kulishov argues.
May 28, 2020

Russia's 'doomsday drone' prepares for testing

One year after the fatal accident with a nuclear-powered missile in the White Sea, Russia's weapon designers say a test launch the Poseidon nuclear powered underwater drone will take place this fall.
May 26, 2020

Big increase in coronavirus cases in closed military naval town Severodvinsk

A total of 169 new cases were registered in Arkhangelsk region over the last 24 hours, more than 150 of them in the strategically important city of Severodvinsk.
May 25, 2020

Eriksen Søreide disappointed by US withdrawing from Open Skies treaty

The Norwegian Foreign Minister says the arms control deal is part of a common security architecture serving the interests of Norway, NATO, and allies.
May 22, 2020

Norwegian and Swedish fighter jets in joint training with US B-1B bombers

The US strategic bombers were exercising in the airspace over both Norway and Sweden on May 20.
May 20, 2020

Faster, quieter and higher maneuverability. Northern Fleet soon to get first upgraded ballistic missile sub

"Knyaz Vladimir" is currently sailing the White Sea on finale stage of sea trials.
May 18, 2020

No more mobile devices for Russian soldiers

Embarrassing leaks about troop movements or secret operations should come to an end, the Russian President orders.
May 11, 2020

American flags in the Barents Sea is "the new normal," says defence analyst

The US and UK naval group leaves the Barents Sea Friday evening after five days in waters where Russia's Northern Fleet normally exercises. The voyage marks a new age with U.S. Navy surface warships sailing in the north.
May 08, 2020

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