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Northern Fleet gets Bastion mobile coastal missile systems

The new missile system will shortly be tested in the Barents Sea.

February 25, 2016

Norwegian Intelligence Service: Russia is more confident and unpredictable

Russia is no immediate military threat to Norway, but there is considerable uncertainty connected to the country’s long-term development, the Norwegian Intelligence Service says.

February 24, 2016

U.S. Marines jump into freezing Finnmark water

First time a U.S. infantry battalion is training in Arctic Norway.

February 23, 2016

Arctic Brigade on snow

With new vehicles, Russia’s Arctic soldiers speed up across winter landscapes.

February 22, 2016

No yachts, only subs

Sevmash Shipyard will no longer be producing vessels and equipment for the civilian market, but exclusively focus on submarines and naval vessels.

February 22, 2016

Russia cuts defense budget by 5%

Because of the economic situation, the Russian Armed Forces will get a 5% or 160 billion rubles cut in 2016, Vedomosti reports.

February 19, 2016

Russian military aircraft close to Norwegian border

A Russian fighter jet was only seconds away from Norwegian airspace west of Nikel on the Kola Peninsula on Tuesday.

February 17, 2016

Cold Response moves out of the Arctic

The Norwegian Armed Forces’ main winter exercise, Cold Response 2016, will be held in the Trøndelag counties in Central Norway. Around 15,000 personnel from 14 countries are expected to participate.

February 16, 2016

“Unfounded accusations against the Russian special services”

Russian Embassy in Oslo refutes espionage accusations highlighted in a report from Norway’s Police Security Service.

February 10, 2016

U.S. military returns to Iceland

Keflavik Air Base outside Reykjavik is to be base for U.S. military aircraft again, nearly ten years after the last forces left the country.

February 10, 2016

Norwegian police says Russian intelligence targets defence, security and preparedness

“We assess Russia’s capacity for and intention to carry out espionage against Norway as having the greatest potential for harming Norway and the Norwegian interest,” says Benedicte Bjørnland, Chief of Norwegian Police Security Service (PST).

February 09, 2016

U.S fighter jets over Finnish Lapland

In exercises scheduled for May, American fighters will for the first time use Finnish air bases for training purposes.

February 09, 2016

NATO: Russian submarine activity equals Cold War levels

Commander says “a lot of what the Russians are doing at the moment we don’t understand, and is obscure.”

February 03, 2016

Northern Fleet gets own air force, air defense forces

In order to enhance control over Arctic air space, Russia has set up an air force and air defense forces within the Northern Fleet.

February 01, 2016

Strategic bombers striking targets in Syria departed from Kola

Olenegorsk airbase is becoming important infrastructure in Putin’s power politics says Defense Analyst. The sortie shows that Russia practically can reach most targets in the world with its long-range bombers.

January 30, 2016

Here comes Iran’s low-enriched uranium

“Mikhail Dudin” sails into Scandinavia waters this weekend with 11 tons of the material the world feared Iran could use to develop nuclear weapons.

January 29, 2016

Nuclear powered icebreaker could be Arctic military command post

Rosatom proposes to the Ministry of Defense to commission “Sovietsky Soyuz” as a floating HQ for Arctic military operations.

January 28, 2016

Coast Guard without helicopters

Norway´s Coast Guard vessels are still waiting for their new NH-90 helicopters, fifteen years after they were ordered. The vessels have been sailing without helicopters for more than a year.

January 27, 2016

Norway, Russia continue Coast Guard cooperation

Regular military relations between Norway and Russia have been halted for nearly two years, but the two countries’ Coast Guard Services continue to cooperate on protection of borders and resources in the Barents Sea.

January 26, 2016