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With a longer range than previous systems, the S-400 will protect air space over the eastern Barents Sea where Russia’s ballistic missile submarines are patrolling.

Together with Polish forces, the Norwegian Navy is testing its main anti-ship weapon in a fjord near Tromsø, Northern Norway

Troops from the Northern Fleet boast Russia’s reenforced presence in the High Arctic as they stage major military drills on the remote archipelago of Severnaya Zemlya.

Saida Bay and two other key nuclear waste facilities on the Kola Peninsula violate the law on physical protection, a regional court ruling says.

The flight was the farthest north the nuclear capable U.S. bomber had flown in the European air space.

With a second Borei-class submarine soon to be delivered, the number of Bulava ballistic missiles deployed for patrol in the Barents- and Arctic Seas will be doubled.

The two Scandinavian countries paid for installing communications and positioning systems on board the “Serebryanka" as well as physical protection to secure nuclear materials.

Smoke in the air as Russian forces exercise in the Taymyr Peninsula. It shows that we are ready to protect Russian economic interests in the Arctic, says head commander of the Northern Fleet

The Kremlin has declined to comment on media reports about the incident that cite anonymous hospital sources.

Finnish President Sauli Niinistö has described as “worrying” US plans to locate mid-range missiles in Europe and called for dialogue on the matter. Speaking during a joint press conference with his opposite number from Moscow Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, Niinistö said that the situation was not governed by any agreements, something that was especially troubling from the European perspective.

No missiles were launched at any of the four locations in the Norwegian Sea where the Russian Navy announced large-scale exercise.