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When Russian Radar Mistook a Norwegian Scientific Rocket for a U.S. Missile, the World Narrowly Avoided Nuclear War
When the Cold War ended in 1991 with the collapse of the Soviet Union, it greatly reduced the threat of global nuclear war.
Radio Canada International14d
Only one new Barents Sea license to drill
The Norwegians’ loud voices for the Barents Sea to become a new big oil province seems to fade out before it hardly started. The Ministry of Energy in Oslo offers 53 new production licenses on the ...
thebarentsobserver.com18h
Newest submarine arrives in home base Zapadnaya Litsa
We had a problem with thick sea-ice, captain Aleksandr Gladkov says about the voyage from Severodvinsk to the naval base in ...
Radio Canada International1d
New radars sharpen Russian air defense over northern Finland, Norway
For decades, there have been military radars on the small mountain top in the Pechenga area. From Iyvara, there is good view ...
The National Interest3d
Russia’s Alfa-class Submarine Nightmare
During the Cold War, the Soviet Union’s navy was a dynamic foe of the West. Notably, the Soviet submarine force was a real challenger to the United States Navy and NATO. Soviet submarine designers ...
thebarentsobserver.com3h
Nuclear icebreaker sustained hull damage after collision in the Kara Sea
According to Rosatomflot, the nuclear powered icebreaker continues to operate in normal mode along the Northern Sea Route, despite the damage to the hull. Rosatomflot says in the press statement that ...
The Economist12d
Has the Royal Navy become too timid?
T HE FINAL signal sent by Horatio Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 is etched in the minds of officers in the Royal ...
Suspected Baltic Sea cable sabotage by Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ is ramping up regional defence
Numerous incidents of suspected Russian-linked sabotage of undersea cables in the Baltic Sea has seen tensions rise among ...