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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Last three reactor compartments from Cold War subs to be pulled from Russia’s waters next year
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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Feature Interview: UK announces new Arctic defence strategy, but who’s the intended audience?
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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Rising nuclear activity in Arctic Europe prompts Norway to update disaster plans
“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
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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Video game based on “Kursk” submarine disaster to be released this fall
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
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?
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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Russian rescue sub dives 500 meters during test run
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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U.S. leads anti-submarine drill in Norwegian Sea
Five NATO countries participate with both navy vessels and surveillance aircraft. Increasing Russian submarine activity in the North Atlantic makes
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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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NATO subs kick off Arctic exercises
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
“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
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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