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More Swedes are for joining NATO than against

For the first time more Swedes favor Nato membership than are opposed, according to a survey from the SOM Institute in Gothenburg.
May 10, 2016

Russian navy to build ice-breaking patrol vessels

Two vessels able to break through 1,5 meters thick ice will be delivered by end of 2020.
May 06, 2016

Salmijervi was listed as U.S. nuke target

The Soviet Border Guards station located a few hundred meters from the border to Norway was during the early days of the Cold War one of 47 nuke targets in the regions of Murmansk, Arkhangelsk and Karelia, recently declassified data reveals.
May 03, 2016

New weapons to be showcased in Victory Day parade

Russia’s Northern Fleet will be showing some of its newest weaponry in the Victory Day parade in Murmansk.
May 03, 2016

NATO membership not joint Finnish-Swedish decision: President Niinistö

President Sauli Niinistö has told Yle that there is no automatic link that would require Finland and Sweden to coordinate application for NATO membership. He also said that a decision on whether or not to join NATO would require a referendum in Finland.
May 03, 2016

Russian sub launched Kalibr missile day after warning against Swedish NATO membership

The Northern Fleet’s newest multi-purpose submarine “Severodvinsk” fired Russia’s most advanced naval cruise missile from the Barents Sea Saturday morning.
April 30, 2016

Russia threatens to deploy missiles if Sweden joins NATO

“Russia will increase its military forces on its northern and northwestern borders, including build-ups of its Northern fleet, if Sweden joins NATO,” says deputy head of Federation Council’s Committee for Defence and Security Evgeny Serebrennikov.
April 29, 2016

Northern Fleet pilots training on Crimea

Planes from Air Wing Kuznetsov have arrived in Crimea for training on Nitka, Russia’s only training facility for aircraft carrier pilots.
April 27, 2016

Russian paratroopers trained on North Pole

Some 100 paratroopers from the Airborne Troops based in Pskov and a unit from the CSTO Collective Rapid Response Force from Belarus jumped onto the ice on Thursday.
April 26, 2016

Fighter jets for Russia’s new Arctic base

The new base at Franz Josef Land will be equipped with a 2,500 meter long landing strip and a fleet of MiG-31 or Su-34, Northern Fleet Commander Nikolay Yevmenov tells Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu during this week’s visit to the islands.
April 22, 2016

Minister suggests major defense cuts

Norway’s Defense Minister Ine Søreide Eriksen in her long-term plan for the Armed Forces suggests eliminating 1,500 jobs and closing nine military bases all over Norway.
April 21, 2016

New Bulava missile depots under construction

Russia is preparing to take the Bulava intercontinental missile into service, with new facilities for storage and handling of the missile being built on the Kola Peninsula.
April 20, 2016

Fighter-bombers against ice

Russia dispatched Su-34 fighter-bombers to strike river ice blockages in Arkhangelsk and Vologda regions.
April 19, 2016

New naval commanders presented

Russia's Navy and its Northern Fleet officially got new Commanders.
April 19, 2016

Collaboration is the answer, says Defence Committee leader

East-West tensions and Arctic militarization notwithstanding, the soft approaches of the Barents Cooperation must be core in relations with Russia, leader of Norway’s Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence argues.
April 14, 2016

Chechen special forces instructors landed on Svalbard

Chechen special forces used Longyearbyen airport on Svalbard for transportation of personnel and equipment for an airborne drill close to the North Pole.
April 13, 2016

With license to kill abroad; the National Guard

Russia’s new powerful gendarme will fight terrorism and take on homeland security. But it will also be authorized to engage in «peace-keeping operations» abroad.
April 12, 2016

Russian military instructors plan to land on Svalbard

Russian airborne forces are preparing exercises close to the North Pole. During the preparations instructors and dog teams plan to land at Longyearbyen airport on Svalbard.
April 07, 2016

Russian Generals identified in Ukraine war

One of them is said to be the Commander of the 200th Independent Motor Rifle Brigade in Pechenga.
April 06, 2016

87 nuclear warheads more today than in September

Russia has 185 strategic warheads more than limited by the New START agreement. That is nearly the number on-board the Northern fleet’s two Borei-class submarines.
April 04, 2016

Tighter Nordic defense cooperation

On the background of new regional security challenges, the Nordic countries have discussed ways to increase defense and security cooperation.
April 01, 2016

Russia develops new nuclear battery for remote Arctic

“What the world doesn’t need right now are more remotely located radioactive sources that could be stolen by terrorists and used in dirty-bombs,” says Nuclear Physicist Nils Bøhmer.
March 31, 2016

Spy ship changes name and continues intelligence mission

Norway has decided to convert old “Marjata” for maritime surveillance as NATO claims Russian submarine activities equals Cold War levels. A new giant spy-vessel is soon ready for maiden voyage to the Barents Sea.
March 30, 2016

Arctic tests for Russia’s new frigate

Russia’s newest frigate “Admiral Essen”, built for the Black Sea Fleet, is on its way the Barents Sea for state tests.
March 29, 2016

New multipurpose sub ready for action

Russia’s first multipurpose Yasen-class submarine is about to successfully complete its test period, the Northern Fleet informs.
March 22, 2016

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