3 years agoРуското външно министерство: присъединяването на Финландия и Швеция към НАТО ще дестабилизира Арктика
3 years ago Putin: "Unfriendly" countries have destroyed supply chains in the Arctic
3 years agoExtreme 'warmth' in Antarctica right now. Some monthly records are being broken by 15°C
3 years ago Finland and Sweden, two Arctic states that are not NATO members, received a letter from Russia demanding security guarantees. Finland is preparing a response to these demands, its foreign minister says
3 years agoThe Russian Northern Fleet has begun exercises in the Barents Sea with the participation of about 20 ships, including the cruiser Pyotr Veliky and the frigate Admiral Gorshkov
3 years agoHere are PRIPs/NAVWARNs issued today for the Barents-, White Sea, and the Nenets coast for next week, most labeled "Rocket Launches". 42/22 may indicate something from Plesetsk
3 years agoThere were no natural phenomena that led to the break of the fiberoptic cable between Svalbard and the Norwegian mainland, police investigations conclude
3 years ago Currently issued Barents Sea NOTAMs. A couple indicating local Northern Fleet activity, and the strange areas west of Novaya Zemlya are back. The latter active from the 9th to the 14th
3 years ago Russian Northern Fleet launched exercise with 30 vessels, 140 vehicles, 20 aircraft and 1200 servicemen
3 years agoThis afternoon, a Norwegian P-3C Orion followed a Russian group of vessels off the Norwegian coast. The Russians sailed legally in international waters, but Norway continuously follows all movements in the High North
3 years agoNorwegian coast guard vessel KV Andenes nearby tracking south to supposed Russian vessels
3 years ago The Northern Fleet Kaliningradneft-class oiler Vyazma is now tracking north-west off the coast of Finnmark. She is likely not sailing alone, but have no confirmation on group composition yet
3 years agoTwo Tu-160s have conducted flight over the Arctic Ocean, the Barents and White Seas
3 years ago The largest @NATO exercise inside the Arctic Circle, Cold Response is planned for the beginning of March. 35,000 soldiers from 28 nations will participate. U.S. aircraft carrier "USS Harry S Truman" will also be part of the exercise
3 years agoPutin: a successful salvo launch of the Zircon hypersonic system was carried out in the morning
3 years ago Kola, Barents, and White Sea NOTAM/PRIP update. The large Barents area has been extended to the 23rd - 27/28th. The PRIP closes large parts of the Barents and White Seas. Relate this to upcoming NORFLT activity. NOTAM for Pechenga-area also indicates 200th and 61st activity
3 years ago Russia: Northern Fleet frigate Admiral Gorshkov, fired 1 Zircon missile from the White Sea at 1 coastal target located at the Chizha training ground in the Arkhangelsk region as part of the completion of the test cycle of hypersonic missile weapons
3 years ago The UN's World Meteorological Organization recognises a new record-high temperature in the Arctic, confirming a reading in Siberia last year of 38 degrees Celsius (100.4 degrees Fahrenheit)
3 years agoLooks like Russia just has conducted a live/kinetic ASAT test, likely a A-235 / PL-19 Nudol, launched from Plesetsk. The large NAVWARN-area in the Laptev Sea is likely debris reentry area. Corresponding NOTAM no longer active
3 years agoThe crew of the Mi-8, which made an emergency landing in the Krasnoyarsk Krai, was not injured, according to the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
3 years ago Russian Borei-class SSBN Knyaz Oleg launched SLBM Bulava from White Sea towards Kura firing range as part of testing.
3 years agoA boat crashed in the White Sea near Murmansk region, 2 people were rescued. reportedly 5 were on the board
4 years ago Russian Northern Fleet launched exercise with about 50 ships, 120 aircraft and helicopters, about 8 thousand servicemen. The Siberian Seas, the Laptev Sea, in the area of the New Siberian Islands, the Frans Josef Land archipelago
4 years agoRussia found nuclear reactor of K-19 sumbarine on the bottom of Kara Sea
4 years agoUSAF WC-135W Constant Phoenix JAKE21 nuke sniffer is currently active near Murmansk Russia
4 years agoRussia: Video showing the crews of the T-80BVM tanks and the crews of the RChBZ who carried out live fire, and the radiation protection, chemical and biological protection units which carried out the treatment of equipment in the Murmansk region
4 years agoThe Russian crab trawler Tamango is on fire in the Arctic Norwegian port of Kirkenes. Team evacuated
4 years agoNorway scrambles warplanes to escort Russian bombers
4 years ago Two strategic bombers Tu-160 of the Russian Aerospace Forces performed a planned flight over the neutral waters of the Barents and Norwegian Seas, - the Defense Ministry said
4 years ago The frigate Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov successfully fired a Zircon hypersonic missile at a ground target, the Russian Defense Ministry reports. The performance characteristics of the Zircon rocket were confirmed during tests in the White Sea, the flight speed was about Mach 7 at a distance of more than 350 km
