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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Sweden) Sweden 

Sweden’s armed forces want less costly ways to destroy enemy drones

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at 13:44
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As the threat of enemy drones grows, Sweden’s Armed Forces need to find a cost-effective way of taking them down.

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* Featured * Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) Featured • Zone 3 News 

Greenland drone research could help better predict ice loss

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Thursday, April 3, 2025 at 16:07 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 3, 2025 at 16:08
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New research using drones has uncovered new details about water vapor movement above Greenland’s ice sheet, something that could help

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* Featured * Denmark/Greenland Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Denmark/Greenland) 

NATO scrambles for drones that can survive the Arctic

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 15:59
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By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen and Gwladys Fouche In 2023, Mads Petersen, owner of Greenland-based startup Arctic Unmanned, sat in a car

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Murmansk region of Arctic Russia targeted in drone attack

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, August 21, 2024 at 11:54
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Several drones have attacked targets in the far northern Russian region. Videos show a drone that reportedly fly over Vysokii, a

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

Nordic-Baltic countries discuss building of ‘drone wall’ along border to Russia

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, May 27, 2024 at 13:34
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Six NATO countries with a border to Russia agree to strengthen cooperation about security measures. Threats from the East were

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General News Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

Guards on alert at Norway’s future Arctic drone base

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, May 14, 2024 at 15:07
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The Norwegian government allocates additional funding for security at Andøya, the Arctic air base that soon will house long-range drones.

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General Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

Norway establishes Arctic base for long-range drones

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, April 3, 2024 at 13:19
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The Nordic country is buying big drones that are to enhance its ability to control maritime interests areas in the

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* Featured * Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

Finnish Border Guard deploys surveillance drones, Norway not

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, January 24, 2023 at 08:51
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The border guard is one of few army units in Norway not in possession of drones. With the mid-winter icy escape

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General News Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

Russian drone pilot detained on border to Norway

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, October 14, 2022 at 14:12
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A Russian citizen has been detained on the border crossing point of Storskog after police found two drones in his

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Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Is this Russia’s new coastal base for the ‘doomsday nuke’ drones?

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at 10:30 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at 10:33
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Vladimir Putin’s Russia is indeed serious about deploying a new leg to its nuclear triad, the unmanned underwater nuclear-powered Poseidon.

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Business Business (Sweden) General Sweden 

From rescue work to construction, next generation of drones creating new opportunities

Simon Linter, Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, November 8, 2019 at 11:09
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Once expensive toys, the latest breed of unmanned drones are being developed to help businesses grow or even save people’s

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Canada General News Science Science (Canada) 

Canada is testing drones for Arctic surveillance

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at 15:31 — Last Updated: Thursday, March 14, 2019 at 09:29
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The federal government in partnership with a Nunavut-based private drone-operating company and the University of Alaska Fairbanks is in the

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General News Society Society (USA) USA 

Move over mushers and planes, drones to deliver emergency supplies in Alaska

Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Wednesday, January 30, 2019 at 12:05 — Last Updated: Wednesday, January 30, 2019 at 13:11
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A team of unmanned aerial vehicle experts led by the University of Alaska Fairbanks is working on delivering emergency medical

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Environment Environment (Norway) General News Norway 

Could drones help prevent polar bear attacks on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard?

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, October 18, 2018 at 15:20
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A polar bear shot dead after it attacked a crew member from a cruise ship on Svalbard this summer now

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Judge balks at plea deal for man who flew drone in airspace in Northern Canada

Richard Gleeson, CBC News
Posted: Monday, October 15, 2018 at 14:11
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A judge signalled that a plea bargain agreed to by the Crown may be too lenient for a man who

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