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JSC “Admiralty Shipyards” (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) has started factory sea trials of the ice-resistant self-propelled platform “North Pole”. The Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation Alexander Kozlov took part in the procedure for sending a unique vessel for the implementation of the test program. The head of the department noted the importance of…
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1. Foreword 1.1 By the Secretary of State for Defence The High North, including the Arctic, matters to the UK and UK Defence. Developments impact upon our environment, prosperity, energy supply, and security. As the region’s closest neighbor without territory within the Arctic Circle, the UK will continue to work with our Allies and partners to ensure that increasing access to the…
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The world’s first atomic clock of its kind has been fitted to Britain’s biggest warship to help ensure pinpoint accuracy wherever she goes. Aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales received the state-of-the-art piece of quantum technology before sailing for Norway on Monday to take part in the largest military exercise in a generation in the Arctic. The technology – about…
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The UK’s largest warship has left Portsmouth to lead a NATO task force to the Arctic for the biggest exercises in Norway for 30 years. Aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales deploys in her role as NATO’s command ship to Exercise Cold Response, the large-scale Norwegian-led exercises which will see 35,000 troops from 28 nations operate together in the harshest…
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On Monday February 7, 2022, the multi-mission frigate (FREMM) Bretagne returned to its home port, after four months of deployment in the North Atlantic. Under the operational control of the Commander in Chief for the Atlantic (CECLANT), the two crews A and B took turns in Reykjavik (Iceland), from 4 to 7 December. It was the first change of crews…
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Royal Marines are honing crucial Arctic warfare skills in Norway as they prepare for important exercises alongside NATO allies in the region. The commandos are the UK’s experts in operations in all extremes of environment, including the frozen mountains and fjords of the Arctic Circle – one of the harshest environments known to man where the sun doesn’t rise for…
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September 2, 2021 – As part of the northern delivery, more than 2.5 thousand tons of cargo for various purposes were delivered by logistics units of the Central Military District (CVO) to remote garrisons of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stationed in the Arctic, remote areas of Siberia and the Far East. Delivery of material resources to…
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April 8, 2021 – U.S. Marines and Sailors with Marine Rotational Force-Europe 21.1 enhanced their warfighting ability above the Arctic Circle during exercise Arctic Littoral Strike in Northern Norway from March 11-31. “This exercise demonstrated the battalion’s capability to operate inside actively contested maritime spaces, in this case arctic littoral spaces, and to provide support to joint fleet operations,” said…
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March 31, 2021 – The Royal Navy has completed its first deployment into the Arctic in 2021 after a joint operation with the Norwegians. Frigate HMS Lancaster linked up with KNM Thor Heyerdahl and F-16 jets for a patrol of the Norwegian Sea and combined training in the confined waters of Norway’s fjords. On entering the Arctic Circle, Lancaster and…
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