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Russia launches upgraded nuclear-armed sub from northwestern base

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at 11:03 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 10:42
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The first upgraded ballistic missile submarine has left Severodvinsk, northwest Russia and embarked on comprehensive sea trails. Several Russian media,

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Environment Environment (Russia) General News Russia 

Last three reactor compartments from Cold War subs to be pulled from Russia’s waters next year

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, October 16, 2018 at 08:00
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Twenty-five years with safe decommissioning of Cold War submarines in the Russian north will come to an end next year.

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General News Politics 

Feature Interview: UK announces new Arctic defence strategy, but who’s the intended audience?

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, October 4, 2018 at 16:31 — Last Updated: Friday, October 5, 2018 at 11:49
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Arctic sub-hunters, more cold weather training, and RAF Typhoons patrolling the Icelandic skies. These were just a few of items

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General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Norway) News Norway Politics 

Rising nuclear activity in Arctic Europe prompts Norway to update disaster plans

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, October 1, 2018 at 10:57 — Last Updated: Monday, October 1, 2018 at 11:06
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“Norwegian authorities are again considering the use of nuclear weapons against Norway or close to Norway as a not unthinkable

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Russian navy boosting armament on northwestern bases, satellite images show

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, September 17, 2018 at 10:49 — Last Updated: Friday, September 21, 2018 at 15:39
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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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Business Business (Russia) General News Russia 

Video game based on “Kursk” submarine disaster to be released this fall

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, July 11, 2018 at 16:18 — Last Updated: Wednesday, July 11, 2018 at 16:28
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To be released in October, Kursk will be the “first ever” fully fledged adventure-documentary game. It is August 2000 and

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NATO launches annual anti-submarine drill off Norwegian coast

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, June 26, 2018 at 10:47 — Last Updated: Friday, June 29, 2018 at 12:07
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While Russia’s largest exercise over the last ten years in the Barents Sea comes to an end, eight NATO nations

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Was a nuclear-able Soviet sub near Norway’s coasts during a deadly 1984 fire?

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, June 19, 2018 at 14:53 — Last Updated: Friday, June 22, 2018 at 13:05
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June 12, 1984: It is the Cold War and the Soviet nuclear submarine K-131 is under the surface just outside

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General News Politics (Russia) Russia Society 

Russian rescue sub dives 500 meters during test run

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, June 11, 2018 at 12:40
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Russia’s Northern Fleet trains rescue diving northwest of Hammerfest, in Northern Norway. “At a depth of half a kilometre, the

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General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Norway) News Norway Politics 

U.S. leads anti-submarine drill in Norwegian Sea

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, May 14, 2018 at 12:28
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Five NATO countries participate with both navy vessels and surveillance aircraft. Increasing Russian submarine activity in the North Atlantic makes

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General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Russia) Politics Russia 

Russia’s Northern Fleet drills submarine hunt in Barents Sea

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at 14:27 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at 14:29
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Two of the largest navy vessels based on the Kola Peninsula, “Vice Admiral Kulakov” and “Severomorsk” sailed into the Barents

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General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Russia) Politics Russia 

Northern Fleet submarine claims Russian record in undetected tracking of enemy sub

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 08:30
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Filmed back in port at the naval base Gadzhiyevo north of Murmansk, crew member Aleksandr Brazgun tells to military TV

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General Geopolitics Geopolitics (USA) Politics USA 

NATO subs kick off Arctic exercises

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, March 8, 2018 at 10:52
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Two American and one British nuclear powered attack submarines are now sailing under the ice in the Arctic as the

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Russian company announces keel laying of nuclear sub for Arctic waters

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, August 1, 2017 at 13:26
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“Ulyanovsk” will be armed with eight cruise missile launchers and ten torpedo tubes. Sevmash naval yard in Severodvinsk announces the keel laying

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Norway acquires five patrol aircraft for Arctic waters

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, November 28, 2016 at 15:18 — Last Updated: Monday, November 28, 2016 at 19:36
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P-8A Poseidon will fly on intelligence missions over areas where Russia’s submarine fleet is more and more active. “The introduction

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