Russia’s Northern Fleet drills submarine hunt in Barents Sea
Two of the largest navy vessels based on the Kola Peninsula, “Vice Admiral Kulakov” and “Severomorsk” sailed into the Barents
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Northern Fleet submarine claims Russian record in undetected tracking of enemy sub
Filmed back in port at the naval base Gadzhiyevo north of Murmansk, crew member Aleksandr Brazgun tells to military TV
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Russia’s Arctic nuclear dump could become promising fishing area
Thousands of containers with radioactive waste were dumped in the Kara Sea during Soviet times. Now, Russia’s Federal Agency for
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Russian Deputy Prime Minister admits near-disaster involving nuclear weapons in 2011
Russian President Vladimir Putin spent much of his state-of-the-nation speech on Thursday talking about nuclear weapons. With a clear message
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Arctic Russia to get a military-themed amusement park
A military-themed amusement park is developed on an order from Minister of Defence Sergey Shoigu and will include a shooting
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Arctic Russia military town left without heating and hot water
Residents in the closed military town of Zaozersk on the Barents Sea coast are left in freezing cold as the
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Novaya Zemlya is top priority in 2018 for Russia’s Northern Fleet
Expeditionary forces will make comprehensive explorations of the country’s biggest Arctic archipelago. It covers a strictly militarised territory of more
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Legal fight over top secret Russian spy sub comes to surface
The Zvezdochka yard outside Arkhangelsk, northern Russia, demands another 6.8 billion ruble for its comprehensive modernization of nuclear submarine «Podmoskovye».
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Russia’s Northern Fleet welcomes two new ships
A new frigate and a big landing vessel are about to join the ranks of Russia’s most powerful fleet after
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Large areas in Barents and Kara Seas closed off for missiles shooting
The Port Administration for Northwestern Russia has issued several navigation warnings for larger parts of the eastern Barents Sea and
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Radars on missile watch disturb TV signals in Norway’s north-easternmost town
The radars are highly visible above the town centre, but what’s going on inside the intelligence station on up the
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Cruise missiles crisscross the Barents Sea
Officially, the massive bombardment at land and sea that have taken place on the Kola Peninsula and in the Barents
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Russian Ministry of Defense approves new nuclear-powered destroyers
The warships will be more heavily armed than any other surface vessels in the Russian Navy. The Ministry of Defense
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What Russia’s new Navy Strategy says about the Arctic
There are new dangers and threats arising, the security document warns. The policy document, which was signed by President Putin
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NATO trains in anti-submarine warfare in northern waters
In a show of strength, 11 vessels from 10 allied countries unfold a large-scale exercise in the North Atlantic. The
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