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Navy exercise: Ship traffic stopped between Norway and Murmansk

Civilian vessels with daily rates of up to $10,000 are lining up in the Norwegian-Russian maritime border area waiting for the Northern Fleet to stop shooting.
June 21, 2018

Military shipyards eye stakes in Arctic LNG

The two major yards in Severodvinsk, northern Russia, intend to deliver key components to the country’s planned new Arctic natural gas project.
June 19, 2018

Museum note reveals that nuke-sub struck by deadly fire was on mission outside Lofoten

June 12, 1984: It is Cold War and the Soviet nuclear submarine K-131 is under the surface just outside Northern Norway when the fire alarm sounded. Hours later, 13 of the crew members are dead.
June 19, 2018

Northern Fleet’s new amphibious assault ship can carry 13 tanks and 300 marines

The warship will be handed over for service on June 20 after years of delay and test-sailings.
June 19, 2018

More NATO warships to Northern Norway

Several naval vessels are sailing in the Ofoten area and will make port calls to Narvik
June 18, 2018

Russia says U.S. Marines in Norway destabilises situation

Strong-worded message from Russia’s Oslo Embassy warns about consequences of U.S. Marines based in Norway.
June 15, 2018

Alarm-drill: 36 Russian warships sail out to Barents Sea

Russian navy kicks off largest naval maneuver in 10 years in a surprise exercise aimed to counter a massive enemy attack.
June 13, 2018

Nordic fighter jets to train combat in skies above Lapland

Last week of June will be noisy along Europe’s eastern border to Russia with exercises both in Finland and in the Baltic.
June 13, 2018

Norway invites hundreds of U.S. Marines to the north

Up to 700 U.S. Marines are welcome for training on rotation at Værnes Air Station in the south and at Setermoen military camp in Troms, Northern Norway.
June 12, 2018

Expeditionary force moves 850 km across most militarized Arctic island

Five 30-ton heavy ATVs are making their way around the Novaya Zemlya as part of a major exploratory effort of the Northern Fleet.
June 11, 2018

This Russian submarine dived to 500 meters in Norwegian Sea

Northern Fleet trains rescue diving northwest of Hammerfest.
June 10, 2018

Landing troops in the borderland

A series of drills on landing marine infantry soldiers to desolate Arctic shores are in the making in the Sredny Peninsula, just few kilometers from the border to Norway.
June 06, 2018

Sweden issues first brochure on war and crisis preparedness since Cold War

A brochure titled If Crisis or War Comes will soon be sent out to all Swedish households. The Civil Contingencies Agency is behind the initiative – the first of its kind since the Cold War.
May 22, 2018

Russia test-launched volley of ballistic nuclear missiles (video)

Never before have four Bulava missiles been launched from a single Borei-class submarine at the same time.
May 22, 2018

TASS: Russia drops plan to redesign Borei sub, will build six more of existing

The navy leg of Russia’s nuclear triad will by 2027 consist of three Borei and 11 Borei-A classes ballistic missile submarines.
May 22, 2018

White Sea Bulava launch sailing up

Large areas in the Barents Sea west of Novaya Zemlya and in the White Sea are closed off.
May 22, 2018

Ships loaded with goods and military equipment soon on their way to new Arctic bases

A total of 38,000 tons will this summer be shipped to the Northern Fleet’s remote outposts.
May 15, 2018

Artillery and rocket-shootings here, there, everywhere

Large area of the Barents Sea north of the Kola Peninsula closed off for shipping.
May 15, 2018

U.S. leads anti-submarine exercise in Norwegian Sea

Five NATO countries participate with both navy vessels and surveillance aircrafts.
May 14, 2018

Chechens developed combat vehicle for Arctic operations

Snow-going vehicle Chaborz M-3 is made in the Chechen Republic on request of chieftain Ramzan Kadyrov.
May 11, 2018

Arctic air base could be saved last minute by Nato’s growing focus on North Atlantic

The Norwegian government planned to abandon the Air Force base in Andøya. But Nato might want it otherwise.
May 09, 2018

Finland, Sweden and US building three-way defence ties

Defence Ministers from Finland, Sweden and the United States are scheduled to meet in Washington to discuss military cooperation between the three countries and the overall security policy situation, according to a press release from Finland’s defence ministry issued on Monday evening.
May 09, 2018

University of Tromsø gets NATO support to hybrid warfare study

How resilient are civilians to hybrid warfare and how to act in crises? A research project will include case studies from four countries vulnerable to hybrid warfare, including Norway.
May 02, 2018

Northern Fleet submarine Kursk’s sister will sail through Scandinavian waters

For the second year in a row a giant Russian nuclear powered submarine will sail to the naval parade in St. Petersburg.
April 29, 2018

Norway requests Russia to halt GPS jamming in borderland

Intensive military training on the Russian side of the border creates increasing communications troubles for nearby Norwegians.
April 27, 2018

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