U.S. Navy to build airport infrastructure in North Norway to meet upped Russian submarine presence
Norway’ Minister of Defense, Frank Bakke-Jensen, on Friday signed an agreement with the United States allowing for, among other things,
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Norway to host biggest exercise inside Arctic Circle since Cold War
About 40,000 soldiers will participate in Cold Response 2022, planned to take place in the Ofoten area with navy and
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Canada’s military launches scaled down annual Arctic exercise
About 160 Canadian soldiers are taking part in a scaled down version of the annual Arctic exercise Operation NANOOK-NUNALIVUT 2021
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Threat of military conflict in the Arctic is ‘relatively low,’ says top Russian diplomat
Russian officials believe that the threat of a military confrontation in the Arctic is “relatively low,” says the country’s senior
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Analysis: Trump’s legacy leaves Arctic with fewer environmental protections and more risk of conflict, experts warn
From idea to buy Greenland to development in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Trump has left his mark As U.S. President
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Northern Fleet Commander says Zapad-2021 will be next year’s ‘main effort’
Part of the joint strategic exercise of the armed forces of Russia and Belarus will take place in the area
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Russian intimidation of Bering Sea fishermen shows gap in Arctic investment, Sullivan says
The second-in-command of the U.S. Coast Guard shouldered some of the blame on Tuesday for incidents in August in which
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Sweden to re-establish northern regiment, fears armed attack
“Sweden will be affected if crisis or an armed conflict arises in our neighbourhood. An armed attack against Sweden cannot
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Nordic politicians sign landmark defense cooperation deal in Arctic Norway
The defense ministers of Finland, Norway and Sweden meet in the far northern military base of Porsangmoen to sign an
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Experts warn of potentially ‘deadly’ great power games in the Arctic
The joint U.S., U.K., Norwegian and Danish exercise off Russia’s coast in the Barents Sea is the latest example of
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Increase in NATO scrambled jets from Norway
With two F-16s in the air on Monday, the number of QRA (Quick Reaction Alert) to identify Russian military planes
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London calling to the faraway north, leads largest NATO task force into the Barents Sea since last Cold War
A British Royal Navy statement following this week’s exercise disproves the post-Cold War saying “High North – Low Tension.” “The
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Russian navy conducts major manoeuvres near Alaska
The Russian navy conducted major war games near Alaska involving dozens of ships and aircraft, the military said Friday, the
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Security strongmen take on key role in Russian Arctic policy
According to a decree signed by President Putin on the 25th August, the Security Council is to establish a special commission that
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Swedish military ramps up presence in Baltic Sea due to Russian activity
Sweden has ramped up its military readiness this week in the Baltic Sea and on Gotland in response to what
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