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Russia and China Expanding Coast Guard Cooperation in Arctic

By Kevin O'Connell | 08/25/2023 | Comments Off on Russia and China Expanding Coast Guard Cooperation in Arctic

“Cooperation on Coast Guard tasks is both a concrete action and often seen as more harmless than military cooperation. The…

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Grau 01 MiG 31 fighters of the Pacific Fleet

Russian Defense Ministry Approves Five-Year Plan To Expand and Modernize Arctic Air Bases

By Dianne McIntosh | 06/01/2023 | Comments Off on Russian Defense Ministry Approves Five-Year Plan To Expand and Modernize Arctic Air Bases

In Kamchatka, MiG-31 [RG1] fighters of the Pacific Fleet worked out the interception of a mock enemy cruise missile (Author’s note:…

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Facing European Sanctions, Russian Redirects Grain and Coal to Asian Customers

By Kevin O'Connell | 05/01/2023 | Comments Off on Facing European Sanctions, Russian Redirects Grain and Coal to Asian Customers

“As Europe no longer buys Russian coal and new markets in Asia take over, the export hub in Murmansk manifest…

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Russia Cutting Back on Nuclear Icebreaker Production

By Kevin O'Connell | 04/01/2023 | Comments Off on Russia Cutting Back on Nuclear Icebreaker Production

“An updated version of Russia’s Arctic Strategy states that Russia will only build one “Lider,” not three as originally planned.…

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Canada Makes Additional Claims to Arctic Territory Claimed by Russia

By Kevin O'Connell | 02/02/2023 | Comments Off on Canada Makes Additional Claims to Arctic Territory Claimed by Russia

“The addition is to Canada’s 2019 partial submission that claimed approximately 1.2 million square kilometers of the Arctic Ocean seabed…

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Russia Conducts Nuclear-Delivery Tests in the Arctic

By Kevin O'Connell | 01/02/2023 | Comments Off on Russia Conducts Nuclear-Delivery Tests in the Arctic

“Ballistic missiles were launched both from a nuclear submarine in the Barents Sea and from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in Arkhangelsk…

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Russia Conducts Submarine Sea Trials and Amphibious Landing Exercise in Arctic

By Kevin O'Connell | 11/01/2022 | Comments Off on Russia Conducts Submarine Sea Trials and Amphibious Landing Exercise in Arctic

“Two of Russia’s newest nuclear-powered submarines have completed a 5,500 nm voyage under the Arctic ice cap.” Historically, the Russian…

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Russia Conducts Arctic Naval Maneuver and Propaganda Tour Along Northern Sea Route

By Kevin O'Connell | 10/01/2022 | Comments Off on Russia Conducts Arctic Naval Maneuver and Propaganda Tour Along Northern Sea Route

Locals were welcomed onboard to see the exhibitions of weaponry and told stories about how soldiers with the Northern Fleet…

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Russia Rebuilding Military Airfields in the Arctic 

By Kevin O'Connell | 09/02/2022 | Comments Off on Russia Rebuilding Military Airfields in the Arctic 

“As part of a major upgrade of Northern Fleet airstrips in the European Arctic, the Severomorsk-2 that was shut down…

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Russia’s Newest Nuclear Submarine Joins Northern Fleet

By Kevin O'Connell | 08/02/2022 | Comments Off on Russia’s Newest Nuclear Submarine Joins Northern Fleet

“The ‘Belgorod’ special purpose submarine, carrier of the so-called doomsday Poseidon drones, will be in experimental operation with the Northern…

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