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Norway’s experience with F-35 fighter jets offers lesson for Canada

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Thursday, November 22, 2018 at 10:15 — Last Updated: Friday, November 23, 2018 at 11:25
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As the Canadian government embarks on a much delayed and criticized quest to find a replacement for its ageing fleet

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Finland General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Finland) News Politics 

Finland summons Russian ambassador over GPS jamming

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, November 19, 2018 at 10:39
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Russian Ambassador to Helsinki, Pavel Kuznetsov, was set to meet in Finland’s Foreign Ministry on Monday. Norway and Finland have

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Finland to talk with Russia about GPS jamming during NATO exercise

Yle News
Posted: Friday, November 16, 2018 at 10:22 — Last Updated: Friday, November 16, 2018 at 13:01
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Finland is expected to launch diplomatic talks with Russia over suspected GPS signal-jamming that affected areas in northern Norway and

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Finland: Former PM trusts Norway’s assessment blaming Russia for GPS jamming

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 at 10:10
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Norway’s defence ministry announced on Tuesday evening that it had traced recent GPS jamming in Norwegian and Finnish Lapland to a Russian

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Norwegian defence confirms GPS jamming came from northwest Russia

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, November 13, 2018 at 15:34 — Last Updated: Wednesday, November 28, 2018 at 10:47
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Civilian passenger planes lost GPS signals on flights over Finnmark, Arctic Norway. “The jamming in the period between October 16th

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Finland General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Finland) News Politics 

Russia suspected of GPS jamming in northern Finland during NATO war games

Yle News
Posted: Friday, November 9, 2018 at 10:50
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On Tuesday Finnish air traffic control officials warned civil aviation about large-scale GPS signal disruptions in northern Finland. It was

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Pilots warned of GPS jamming in Arctic Norway

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, November 2, 2018 at 11:27
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“Reasons to believe it could be related to military exercise activities outside Norway’s borders,” says the Civil Aviation Authority to

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Russian bombers fly mission along Norwegian coast: report

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, November 1, 2018 at 15:52 — Last Updated: Thursday, November 1, 2018 at 15:58
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The two Russian bombers were flying in international airspace simultaneously as NATO’s large Trident Juncture exercise takes place. “Two strategic

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Russia to test-launch rockets near Norway’s Arctic coast in last days of Trident Juncture

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, October 31, 2018 at 11:46 — Last Updated: Wednesday, October 31, 2018 at 11:48
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The area of rocket test firings is only about 40 kilometers north of Gamvik and Berlevåg on Norway’s Barents Sea

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Business Business (Sweden) General News Sweden 

Major deal between Sweden’s Saab and U.S. Air Force a “sign of closer transatlantic ties”, says defence expert

Ulla Engberg, Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, October 17, 2018 at 06:00
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A new deal means that the Swedish manufacturer Saab will for many years to come be making trainer aircrafts for

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General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Russia) News Politics Russia 

Russia giving major upgrade to airstrip in High Arctic

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, September 27, 2018 at 14:20 — Last Updated: Friday, September 28, 2018 at 15:33
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The 2,500-meter-long runway on the Nagurskoye base in Russia’s Franz Josef Land is getting a new and solid top layer

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U.S. and Russian bombers test airspace over European Arctic

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, September 24, 2018 at 11:00 — Last Updated: Monday, September 24, 2018 at 11:07
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Russian and American long-range bombers and numerous other military aircraft have been flying missions over the Barents and Norwegian Seas.

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Russia to design Cold-War-style “monster” to patrol Northern Sea Route

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at 13:45
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Flying just a few feet above the surface, the wing-in-ground-effect craft could patrol huge areas where infrastructure is weakly developed.

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General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Norway) News Norway Politics 

Norway scrambles F-16 as Russian aircraft train over Kola Peninsula and Barents Sea

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 13:41 — Last Updated: Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 13:43
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Russian MiG-31 interceptors and Su-24 bombers are training aerobatics and aerial reconnaissance in the skies of Northwestern Russia. The training

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