Special terrain requires special equipment, and Russia’s new recovery vehicles will improve its combat capabilities in the Arctic. According to the pro-government newspaper Izvestiya, the Russian military has mounted the…
A recent article in the pro-Kremlin news outlet Voyenno-Promyshlennyy Kuryer sees the possibility of a military conflict breaking out in the Barents Sea region of the Arctic Ocean. The author…
Russia continues to upgrade its air defense in the Arctic. According to the excerpted article in the military- and defense-focused weekly Russian news outlet Voyenno-Promyshlennyy Kuryer, the newly upgraded Tor-M2DT…
Russian military and industrial-focused news weekly Voyenno-Promyshlennyy Kuryer recently announced that field tests on the Arctic Magnolia variant artillery system are partially completed and successful. According to the article, the…
According to a recent article in the Norway-based English-Russian Independent Barents Observer, which follows military developments in the Arctic closely, the Russian Northern Fleet began exercises on 8 September in…
Until the COVID-19 pandemic struck, the Russian and Norwegian coast guards would cooperate closely in the Arctic. Their activities included annual search and rescue exercises, supporting the annual polar bear…
China continues to demonstrate a great deal of interest, and presence, in the Arctic. According to the following excerpted articlefrom The Independent Barents Observer, a Norway-based English and Russian-language online…
The following is an extract from a larger article in the Russian General Staff monthly publication Voyennaya Mysl. Although theRussian military has developed communications equipment specifically for Arctic military needs,…
According to Russian daily broadsheet newspaper Izvestia, the Russian Arctic is now protected against unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) thanks in large part to the Sopka-2 S-band Arctic radar. The Sopka-2…
The civilian population in Russia’s Arctic regions has been declining. A recent article in the Independent Barents Observer, an independent Norwegian internet news service in Russian and English, now blocked…