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Russia quits Nordic cooperative group
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s ministry pulled Russia out of the Barents Euro-Artic Council in September 2023 after Finland declined to turn over the…
Nordic defense chiefs reaffirm alliances, commitment to Ukraine
Defense ministers and armament directors for Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden met on September 6, 2023, in Stockholm to discuss closer military…
Russians monitor USCG Healy as it conducts Arctic research
The USCG Healy, pictured on an Arctic voyage, was tracked by a Russian vessel as it drew near the Russian Arctic coastline in early September 2005.
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Sweden rethinks its military strategy toward Russia
Swedish troops participate in a 2018 military exercise with U.S and German allies.
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An aggressive Russia and a warming Arctic climate should…
Norway reexamines its air defense strategy toward Russia
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A U.S. Air Force KC-135R Stratotanker arrives at Ørland Air Station, Norway, in 2020. Norway is reexamining its defense strategy toward Russia…
NORAD, allies track Russian military aircraft
Royal Air Force Typhoon fighters, such as the one pictured in this file photo, scrambled to shadow Russian long-range bombers operating near Scotland on August…
Russian disinformation campaign fails to stop NATO expansion
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With Finland having joined NATO in April 2023 and Sweden expected to soon become a member, Russia will remain the only nation on the Arctic…
USNORTHCOM monitors and tracks Russian-Chinese naval flotilla off Alaska
The guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold was one of four destroyers dispatched to shadow a flotilla of Russian and Chinese vessels near Alaska.
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U.S. monitoring Russian maritime activity in Indo-Pacific
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U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) with allies and partners continuously monitor Russian activities…
The long-term militarization of Putin’s Russia
A personnel carrier loaded with Russian troops enters the town of Gori during Russia’s 2008 invasion of Georgia, a precursor to current events in Ukraine.…