Norway wary of China’s growing presence in Arctic Russia
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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Northern Fleet
Russia accuses Norway of northern military buildup
Norway allows allied nuclear submarines to make port calls to the civilian industrial harbor of Grøtsund north of Tromsø, 375
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Russia’s new Arctic naval base built in 6 months
The construction of the new base in Tiksi is almost completed, Northern Fleet commander Nikolay Yevmenov says. Yevmenov in early
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Troops in Russia’s High Arctic undergo “military-patriotic” training
The new political department of the Russian Armed Forces has its first training session for soldiers serving in High Arctic
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Russia to hold massive Arctic war games in 2019
Key parts of next year’s Tsentr-2019 drills will be held in the area between the Arctic archipelagos of Novaya Zemlya
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Russia launches upgraded nuclear-armed sub from northwestern base
The first upgraded ballistic missile submarine has left Severodvinsk, northwest Russia and embarked on comprehensive sea trails. Several Russian media,
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Russia to test-launch rockets near Norway’s Arctic coast in last days of Trident Juncture
The area of rocket test firings is only about 40 kilometers north of Gamvik and Berlevåg on Norway’s Barents Sea
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Are the Russian Navy’s modernization plans jeopardized by the sunken dock?
Russia’s biggest dry docks might remain on the bottom of the Kola Bay. The 80,000-ton floating dry dock that, on
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Russia’s only aircraft carrier damaged as floating dock sinks
One person is reported dead and Russia’s only aircraft carrier has been damaged as floating dry dock sinks into the
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Russia holds anti-submarine drill in Arctic ahead of large NATO exercise in Norway
Northern Fleet’s brand new frigate Admiral Gorshkov has sailed on Barents Sea combat training mission. So have nuclear submarines and
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Russia giving major upgrade to airstrip in High Arctic
The 2,500-meter-long runway on the Nagurskoye base in Russia’s Franz Josef Land is getting a new and solid top layer
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Russia’s Northern Fleet drilled submarine hunt in Bering Strait
As they sailed throughout the shallow waters separating Russia and the U.S.A., the ships lined up in battle formation and
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Russian navy boosting armament on northwestern bases, satellite images show
About 50 brand new reinforced large weapons bunkers are under construction at Okolnaya Bay just north of Severomorsk, on Russia’s
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Russia flexes its military muscles with Arctic component of Vostok 2018 war games
The Russian military is conducting a series of exercises designed to test and showcase its ability to mount large-scale joint
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Russia to build new military base in east Arctic
As the Northern Fleet unfolds a series of exercises in Russian east Arctic waters, Head Commander Nikolay Yevmenov announces the
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