Finland tests Nato waters with existing members
Finland has attended a flurry of high level international meetings since Russia invaded Ukraine. Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto told Yle that security
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Russian Navy announces firing near NATO Arctic exercise
Russia’s biggest warship, the nuclear-powered battle cruiser “Pyotr Veliky” and the destroyer “Severomorsk” are sailing towards the activated warning zone
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Canada looks to reinforce Arctic sovereignty through diplomacy, military, says minister
National Defence Minister Anita Anand is planning a trip to the Arctic, as she gathers her allied counterparts in Arctic
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Sweden takes part in Arctic military manoeuvres with NATO countries
One of NATO’s biggest military exercises since the Cold War gets underway in Norway today with partners Sweden and Finland
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NORAD alerts public of routine training operation in Arctic as Russia continues invasion of Ukraine
As tensions rise between NATO and Russia, North America’s air defence is notifying the public about a training operation that
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Russia issues largest warning zone in Norwegian Barents Sea “since Cold War”
“Impact Area for Russian missiles” reads the warning covering an area from the Varanger fjord in the east almost to
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Nordic military cooperation takes shape with common uniforms
“We are strengthening our capability to do joint operations in peacetime, crisis and war,” says Norwegian Major General Lars Lervik.
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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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