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Big bang from Russian Arctic forces near Scandinavian border

More than 1,000 men from Russia's Northern Fleet engage in combat training along the border to Norway
March 11, 2020

Norway cancels Cold Response due to coronavirus outbreak

More than 15,000 soldiers from nine countries will put down their weapons and start preparing to go home from their current locations in northern Norway.
March 11, 2020

British navy tested unmanned boat and other autonomy equipment off northern Norway

NavyX, a British special program aimed at develop new technology for maritime warfare, chose Arctic conditions when several of its new "James Bond style" craft were tested for the first time.
March 11, 2020

Video: Norway's new F-35 filmed from Russian anti-submarine plane

Exciting moment for the video-filmer in the Russian Tu-142 as two of Norway's new F-35 fight jets approach wing-by-wing.
March 10, 2020

Two brand new naval vessels training in Arctic waters

Weather conditions were rough as the Northern Fleet's new tanker transferred several tons of liquids to state-of-the-arts frigate "Admiral Kasatonov".
March 10, 2020

Winter exercise underway in northern Finland with soldiers from seven nations

740 soldiers from northern Europe participate in the demanding winter war games taking place across Finland’s northernmost region Lapland.
March 08, 2020

Norway’s new F-35 scrambled for first time to meet Russian anti-sub aircraft

A pair of F-35 fighter jets from Ørland air base and two F-16s from Bodø followed two Tu-142s and one MiG-31 over the Norwegian and North Sea Saturday.
March 08, 2020

Weapon drone crashes, explodes near Russian special forces base

At least five soldiers were injured as a drone carrying a bomb device crashed and exploded near the border to Norway and Finland.
March 05, 2020

Russia might reopen airport near border to Norway

Talks are in process over possible flights to Korzunovo, the abandoned air field controlled by the Northern Fleet.
March 02, 2020

Freezing cold as 16,000 NATO soldiers kickstart Arctic war game

Northern Norway is battle zone in this year’s major allied Arctic exercise.
March 02, 2020

Russian anti-sub aircraft on combat training further south in the GIUK gap than normal

Norwegian and British fighter jets were scrambled two times this week to meet a pair of the Northern Fleet’s ASW aircraft on training mission over the Norwegian Sea.
February 29, 2020

Drones used to identify targets in borderland combat training

The Northern Fleet’s separate motorized rifle brigade in the Pechenga valley near Russia’s border to Norway has started to use UAVs to position targets during live-firing drills.
February 28, 2020

Russia stages first ship-launched ‘Tsirkon’ hypersonic missile test

February 27, 2020

Norway bans video-drones during Cold Response military exercise

The ban includes all private drones with video, photo or other sensors for a period of one month in large area in northern Norway.
February 26, 2020

How many new spies are caught by FSB?

The annual speech of President Putin to the Federal Security Service for the first time did not reveal the number of Russians and foreigners nabbed for espionage.
February 21, 2020

High suicide rate plagues Russian military, lawmaker says

February 19, 2020

Military drone pilots show off skills on Barents Sea coast

Surveillance of maritime traffic is key priority for the Northern Fleet’s UAV unit.
February 18, 2020

In joint operation, Murmansk commandos trained anti-terrorism onboard nuclear icebreakers

Key law enforcement authorities of the Russian Arctic region joined forces in exercise onboard two retired nuclear-powered icebreakers docked in Kola Bay.
February 17, 2020

Russian Embassy denies accusations of influence operations in Norway

“As normal there are no evidence, just general speculations,” the Embassy writes in a statement to the Barents Observer.
February 13, 2020

Norway’s intelligence chief fears more accidents with Russia's reactor-powered weapons systems

“We should expect development and testing of new, advanced weapons systems in the areas east of Norway. Several of these will have nuclear propulsion systems,” said Director of the Norwegian Intelligence Service, Lt. Gen. Morten Haga Lunde.
February 11, 2020

New radars to protect Northern Fleet against supersonic attack

Two of Russia’w most advanced radar systems are under building in the Kola Peninsula. They will complement similar systems in Novaya Zemlya and Arkhangelsk.
February 10, 2020

Russian influence ops seek to fuel discord between Arctic Norway and Oslo, Norwegian intelligence service says

Kremlin seeks to exploit any issue that can create split, said Lt. Gen. Morten Haga Lunde when presenting the Intelligence Service’s 2020 review of security threats to Norway.
February 10, 2020

Russian vessels shot cruise missiles in Norwegian Sea

Two big naval vessels from the Northern Fleet trained combat against enemy aircrafts off the Norwegian coast.
February 06, 2020

Northern Fleet’s troubadours rejected entry to Norway

Oslo does not want the Russian Navy’s song and dance ensemble to participate in a Norwegian cultural festival.
February 04, 2020

These two warships are now on their way for missile drill near Norway’s northernmost gas-pipeline to Europe

Norwegian Intelligence Service (NIS) sees the announced missile shootings as a response to next month’s exercise Cold Response which takes place north of the Arctic Circle.
February 02, 2020

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