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Canada confirms plan to replace submarine fleet at NATO summit

Murray Brewster, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, July 11, 2024 at 09:05
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Canada definitely plans to move forward with the purchase of new submarines, the federal government announced on the margins of

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Northern Fleet nuclear-powered submarine makes historic port call in Havana

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, June 7, 2024 at 10:19
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The top-modern, heavily armed, submarine is part of a Russian naval detachment of four ships that will stay in port

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General News Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Russia’s Defence Ministry says new mini-sub can dive to 11,000 meters depth

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 10:17
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It will be operated by GUGI, the notorious deep sea espionage and sabotage unit of the Russian military. A group

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* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Featured • Zone 3 General News Newsroom Picks • zone 3 Politics 

UK urged to bolster Arctic defense as grey-zone threats rise: report

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, December 11, 2023 at 15:32
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The U.K. needs to prioritize military investments that will allow it to better respond to activities by Russia and China

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General News Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

New submarine for Northern Fleet will be named “Mariupol”

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, July 10, 2023 at 11:25
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Russia is about to start the building of six improved Kilo-class submarines for Arctic waters. They will all get their

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* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Featured • Zone 2 General Iceland Newsroom Picks • zone 2 Politics Politics (Iceland) 

NATO anti-submarine warfare exercise underway in North Atlantic

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Thursday, April 27, 2023 at 09:01 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 27, 2023 at 14:41
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Several NATO countries, including Canada, are currently participating in an anti-submarine warfare exercise in the North Atlantic.  “Exercise Dynamic Mongoose

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Iceland Politics Politics (Iceland) 

Iceland authorizes U.S. submarine service visits

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Wednesday, April 19, 2023 at 13:54
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Iceland has authorized U.S. submarines to make service visits to the country, it said in a news release on Tuesday.

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Russian navy now has six submarines capable of launching Bulava-missiles

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, November 3, 2022 at 16:00
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The latest Borei-A submarine “Generalissimo Suvorov” on Thursday successfully launched a Bulava ballistic missile from the White Sea that hit

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Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Is this Russia’s new coastal base for the ‘doomsday nuke’ drones?

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at 10:30 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at 10:33
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Vladimir Putin’s Russia is indeed serious about deploying a new leg to its nuclear triad, the unmanned underwater nuclear-powered Poseidon.

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Environment Environment (Russia) Russia 

Russia to remove dangerous nuclear objects dumped on its Arctic sea floor

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, August 4, 2020 at 15:29
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These objects are not environmentally safe, a representative of Rosatom made clear as he this week presented a clean-up plan

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Russia Society Society (Russia) 

The city that builds Russia’s nuclear submarines now has more than 2,000 COVID-19 cases

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, June 24, 2020 at 14:30
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The building of nuclear subs and other naval vessels takes no break despite the increasingly serious virus situation in Severodvinsk.

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General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Norway) Norway Politics 

U.S. nuclear sub leaves Norway to track Russian subs in North Atlantic

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, November 22, 2019 at 14:35
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USS Minnesota takes part in the ongoing cat-and-mouse game between NATO and Russian subs in the Norwegian Sea. The U.S.

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General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Russia) Politics Russia 

Russian subs honing stealth skills in major North Atlantic drill: Norwegian intel

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at 11:24 — Last Updated: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at 10:07
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At least eight nuclear-powered submarines sailed out from their homeports on the Kola Peninsula in northwest Russia last week, the

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General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Russia) Politics Russia 

July fire damage to Russia’s secret Losharik sub detailed

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 at 14:42 — Last Updated: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 at 14:45
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The nuclear-powered sub Losharik is up for comprehensive repair in Severodvinsk, northwest Russia this fall. A representative of the Russian

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General News Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Sailors killed in sub fire could have survived: Russian newspaper report

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, July 25, 2019 at 13:09 — Last Updated: Friday, July 26, 2019 at 09:39
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The explosion that killed 14 of Russia’s most experienced submarine sailors took place as special purpose sub “Losharik” (AS-31) was

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