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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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General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Norway) News Norway Politics 

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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General Norway Society Society (Norway) 

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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General Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

Norway patrolling Russia’s military activity in Arctic with new intelligence vessel

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at 17:28 — Last Updated: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at 17:33
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“Marjata” (the forth intelligence vessel in a row with the same name) will sail northern waters to keep track of Russian

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The nuclear-powered icebreaker 50 Let Pobedy (50 Years of Victory) at the North Pole in 2013. Here, it brought the Olympic Flame to the North Pole for the first time during the torch relay for the 2014 Sochi Winter Games. (Sergei Dolya/AP)
General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia Special Features 

Russia’s 100th time to the North Pole

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, August 20, 2015 at 13:32 — Last Updated: Friday, August 21, 2015 at 21:14
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The nuclear-powered icebreaker “50 Years of Victory” recently completed Russia’s 100th visit to the North Pole with a surface vessel.

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General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Russia) Politics Russia Society 

Russia: defense spending will grow despite economic problems

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, December 22, 2014 at 17:42 — Last Updated: Monday, December 22, 2014 at 17:44
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Russia’s defense sector gets guarantees that expenses are confirmed despite economic meltdown. On Friday, yet another brand new strategic missile

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Compared to October 1st 2013, Russia’s number of both deployed nuclear warheads and deployed launchers has increased substantially. T(iStock)
Environment General Politics (Russia) Russia Special Features 

More than 100 new nukes in northern waters

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, October 2, 2014 at 15:49 — Last Updated: Friday, October 3, 2014 at 21:01
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Latest data exchange on nuclear weapons held by Russia and the United States shows the first Post-Soviet increase in numbers

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A Russian nuclear submarine pictured in 2004.( Fred Tanneau /AFP/Getty Images)
General Russia Society Society (Russia) 

Pacific Akulas arrive in Severodvinsk, Russia

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, September 26, 2014 at 15:45 — Last Updated: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 at 12:51
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The two nuclear submarines have crossed the entire Northern Sea Route onboard the heavy-lift vessel “Transshelf.” “Transshelf” arrived in the

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