2 year agoThe 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
Putin: a successful salvo launch of the Zircon hypersonic system was carried out in the morning
3 year agoKola, 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 year agoRussia: 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
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 year 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 Corresponding NOTAM no longer active
The crew of the Mi-8, which made an emergency landing in the Krasnoyarsk Krai, was not injured, according to the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
Russian Borei-class SSBN Knyaz Oleg launched SLBM Bulava from White Sea towards Kura firing range as part of testing.
A boat crashed in the White Sea near Murmansk region, 2 people were rescued. reportedly 5 were on the board
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
Russia found nuclear reactor of K-19 sumbarine on the bottom of Kara Sea
3 year agoUSAF WC-135W Constant Phoenix JAKE21 nuke sniffer is currently active near Murmansk Russia
3 year 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
The Russian crab trawler Tamango is on fire in the Arctic Norwegian port of Kirkenes. Team evacuated
Norway scrambles warplanes to escort Russian bombers
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
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
3 year agoRussian fighter jets Mig-31 and Su-35 intercepted 3 USAF B-52H bomber over Bering Sea
3 year agoArctic sea ice extent is currently the *lowest on record* (JAXA data) ; about 330,000 km² less the 2010s mean ; about 1,130,000 km² less the 2000s mean ; about 1,880,000 km² less the 1990s mean ; about 2,560,000 km² less the 1980s mean More plots:
UN confirms 18.3C record heat in Antarctica
3 year agoRussian Navy Project 09852 Belgorod (K-329) designed to carry Status-6 (nuclear-powered, and nuclear-armed unmanned underwater vehicle) heads out for sea trials. Photo by © CrazyMk
3 year agoAgreement to Prevent Unregulated High Seas Fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean enters into force today
A submarine of the Russian Northern Fleet during exercises in the Arctic "destroyed a nuclear submarine of a mock enemy"
3 year agoPutin: It is Russia's sovereign right to allow foreign ships to pass through the inland seas in the Arctic or not, but we do not abuse it
3 year agoPutin said he had discussed the Arctic in detail with Biden. According to him, the US concerns about the militarization of the Arctic have absolutely unfounded, "we are restoring the destroyed infrastructure there"
3 year agoParts of the Russian Arctic have been 10°C hotter than normal this month, contributing to the fastest ice melt ever recorded in the Laptev Sea
Irreversible warming tipping point may have been triggered: Arctic mission chief
Russian Northern Fleet deployed missile cruisers to the Barents Sea amid Arctic Challenge exercises
The Russian military has planned strategic exercises in the Arctic and interspecific exercises to ensure the safety of the Northern Sea Route for the fall, the Northern Fleet said.
Two Russian strategic Tu-160 bombers conducted a planned flight over the Barents Sea, accompanied by MiG-31 fighters
