U.S. Marine Corps joins large exercise in northern Norway amid Trump turmoil
Turmoil in trans-Atlantic relations wrought by the Trump administration is so far not visible among allied NATO forces up north.
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Norway, UK team up to protect subsea infrastructure against Russian hybrid attacks
The two NATO-members agree to tackle Russian underwater threats with uniting cutting-edge naval capabilities. Norway and the United Kingdom on Thursday
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Nato troops in Finnish Lapland may increase Russian espionage efforts
A recent military intelligence report from the Finnish Defence Forces’ (FDF) said that Russia has special interests in monitoring the
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Defence Minister: Nato troops will be stationed in Rovaniemi, Sodankylä
Nato’s Forward Land Forces (FLF) will be stationed in Rovaniemi and Sodankylä, Finnish Defence Minister Antti Häkkänen (NCP) confirmed at
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Angle grinder used to cut telecommunications cable to NATO’s northernmost QRA base
Nordland Police District has provided a photo of the key communication cable that last April was cut. Two deeper and
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Northerners, experts question Conservatives’ pledge to build military base in Iqaluit
By Samuel Wat Nunavut premier says he only heard about Pierre Poilievre’s announcement on Monday morning Some northerners and Arctic
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NATO scrambles for drones that can survive the Arctic
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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Kola, Karelia soldiers likely to increase from 30,000 to 80,000
Thousands of soldiers from the three brigades inside the Arctic Circle, near the border with NATO, are killed or wounded
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Finland to join Iceland’s Air Policing Mission for first time as NATO Member
Finland will mark an important moment later this month with its first-ever participation in the Air Policing Mission in Iceland
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NATO scales up presence in Baltic Sea to protect undersea infrastructure
Nato is embarking on a four-month operation to protect critical undersea infrastructure in the Baltic Sea after a number of
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Increasing risk of escalation in Arctic says Danish defence intelligence service
Denmark’s Defence Intelligence Service (DEI) painted a stark picture of the country’s evolving security landscape in its annual report on
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Premiers push Ottawa to build northern infrastructure after Arctic foreign policy
Canada released its new Arctic foreign policy earlier this month Canada’s northern premiers are pitching the federal government to dip
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“Canada is an Arctic country at a pivotal moment,” says Foreign Minister
The Arctic is becoming an increasingly contested area, Canada’s Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly told a Montreal audience on Friday, pointing to
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Confrontation is unfolding in the Arctic, says Russian Navy Commander
The Arctic has moved from cooperation and interaction to the opposite, a region of possible future conflict, said Russia’s navy
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U-2 spy plane on mission as Norway boosts deterrence against Russia
The U-2 Dragon Lady is back in Norwegian airspace, nearly 65 years after the shot down incident over the Urals
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