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Russian navy drill outside Arctic Norway ends, no firing reported

19 August 201919 August 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments defence, military, military exercises, navy, Northern Fleet, Norwegian Sea

No missiles were launched at any of the four locations in the Norwegian Sea where the Russian Navy announced large-scale

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Russia’s massive exercise in Norwegian Sea a warning to NATO, Norway defence chief says

15 August 201919 August 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments defence, military, military exercises, NATO, navy, Norwegian Sea, Russian Navy

Russia wants to show that it can prevent NATO from operating in the North Atlantic, the Norwegian Chief of Defense

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Russian navy to hold live-fire exercise in Norwegian Sea

6 August 20196 August 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments defence, military, military exercises, navy, Northern Fleet, Norwegian Sea, Russian Navy

NATO deploys extra maritime patrol aircraft to keep track of a Northern Fleet group of warships currently sailing north for

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Weapons shipped to new garrison in Arctic Russia

5 August 20196 August 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments defence, military, military bases, navy, Northern Fleet, Tiksi

Ships deliver 175 units of weaponry to the new air defense base in Tiksi. Construction works have been going on

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Finnish ship strays into Russian territorial waters during exercise

5 August 20195 August 2019 Yle News 0 Comments defence, Gulf of Finland, military, military exercises, navy

The Finnish Navy said on Friday that its minelayer Hämeenmaa had inadvertently ventured a short distance into Russian territorial waters

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Russia’s Northern Fleet holds exercise in Barents Sea

30 May 201930 May 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Barents Sea, military, military exercises, navy, Northern Fleet, Russian Navy

Over 15 surface vessels, several submarines and support ships, as well as aircraft and helicopters, take part in the Northern

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New Canadian navy ships to be affiliated with Inuit communities

29 May 201929 May 2019 CBC News 0 Comments AOPS, indigenous, Inuit, Inuvialuit, military, navy, Nunatsiavut, Nunavik, Nunavut

In a move designed to deepen ties with Inuit Nunangat — the Inuit regions of Canada — the Government of

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Alaska communities worry about military drill’s environmental impacts

22 May 201922 May 2019 Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, defence, fish, military, military exercises, navy, Northern Edge, whales

The Northern Edge military exercises are underway across huge sections of Southcentral and Interior Alaska. The Navy has a larger

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Russian navy holds live-fire exercise in Norwegian Sea for second time in a month

17 May 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments defence, military, navy, Northern Fleet, Norwegian Sea

Northern Fleet warship Severomorsk tested its weapons systems outside the coast of northern Norway. The Russian navy is expanding its

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Why are the US lagging behind in the Arctic? Clues emerge at Washington hearing

9 May 2019 Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, China, Coast Guard, Congress, defence, icebreakers, military, navy, Nome

The United States is losing control over the Arctic to Russia and China because it failed to build the ships,

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More assertive U.S. Arctic policy puts Ottawa and Washington on collision course

6 May 201910 May 2019 Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 0 Comments defence, FONOP, freedom of navigation, military, navy, Northwest Passage, Richard Spencer

Canada should brace for a potentially bruising political showdown with the United States this summer as Washington considers sending its

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Pentagon warns of risk of Chinese submarines in the Arctic

6 May 20197 May 2019 Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 0 Comments China, navy, Pentagon, submarines, United States

China’s growing involvement and interest in the Arctic could pave the way for a strengthened military presence in the region,

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U.S. Navy plans to be more active in the Arctic

3 May 20193 May 2019 Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, defence, military, navy, Northwest Passage

The U.S. Navy is increasing its presence in the Arctic, and Navy Secretary Richard Spencer said he’d like to send

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Canada, U.S. must do more to check Russian military in the Arctic, says NORAD chief

13 February 201915 February 2019 CBC News 0 Comments air force, defence, fighter jets, military, navy, NORAD, North Pole, NORTHCOM, radar, technology

The American commander of NORAD delivered a stark warning Tuesday to policy makers in both Washington and Ottawa, calling on

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Norway wary of China’s growing presence in Arctic Russia

11 February 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments admiral kuznetsov, China, defence, military, navy, Northern Fleet

Chief of Norway’s military intelligence service, Lieutenant General Morten Haga Lunde, highlighted Chinese, Russian Arctic cooperation in his annual focus

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