Arktis

 

ENDELIG løsnet regjeringen på 24 grader øst regelen som hindret allierte fly å fly fra norsk jord til øst i  havet. (Red.)

The P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft has become a key element of NATO’s efforts to monitor Russian naval movements in the North Atlantic. Until now, British and U.S. Navy Poseidons have flown Arctic missions from Lossiemouth in northeast Scotland and Keflavík, Iceland. Photo: Thomas Nilsen

Norway softens self-imposed restrictions on allied surveillance aircraft monitoring Russia's nuclear fleet

Norway's reluctance to allow military surveillance aircraft from other NATO members to use airports in the country while flying missions over the Russian sector of the Barents Sea now appears to be a thing of the past. This week, two British aircraft — an RC-135 Rivet Joint and a P-8 Poseidon — took off from Ørland and Evenes air bases before flying missions over the Northern Fleet's backyard north of the Kola Peninsula.

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Merk deg følgende: Kystartilleriet bør gjenoppstå med mobile NSM batterier flere steder langs Finnmarks- og Nord Troms kysten. (Red.)

More air defence for Finnmark. The NASAMS (Norwegian Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System) will be deployed in the Finnmark Brigade.

Photo: Kongsberg

NASAMS might come to Finnmark Brigade

New surface-to-air missile systems will be deployed in the Norwegian brigade based next to Russia’s Kola Peninsula.

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Standard Borei klasse sakset fra Covert Shores. Varianten med  Poseidon torpedoen er kortere slik det fremkommer i artikkelen under. Altså en slags ubåtenes svar på Boeing 747SP som var kortere enn de andre av samme type. (Red.)

The Khabarovsk sailed out from the Sevmash shipyard in Severodvinsk to the White Sea on Monday, August 16.

Photo: Social media

Russia's doomsday submarine sets sail for the first time

The special-purpose nuclear submarine Khabarovsk, designed to carry the Poseidon nuclear-powered giga-torpedo, is currently undergoing sea trials in the White Sea.

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