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Russia is conducting an air force exercise involving more than 25 fighter jets and fighter bombers of different types in the Barents Sea area.

Security service agents from Murmansk, Arkhangelsk and Nenets conduct a major joint exercise at one of the country’s main Arctic oil installations.

The Admiral Gorshkov

The Indian navy will use the refitted Russian aircraft-carrier Admiral Gorshkov for a year-long sea-trail in the Barents Sea slated for 2011-2012. Also, what is said to be the final price-tag for the takeover of the second-hand aircraft-carrier was agreed in New Delhi on Wednesday.

FSB’s coast guard in Murmansk has received a new vessel to use in the fight against poachers. “Sprut” was supposed to become the first in a series of modern coast guard vessels, but the project is now terminated.

Finland’s Minister of Denfence contine to see Russia as a challenge for Finnish security.

Swedish rangers training (mil.se)

The last military conscripts have been called in for their tour of duty in the Swedish armed forces.

Photo: sevmash.ru

The federal government has approved a plan on the modernization of the Sevmash shipyard in Severodvinsk, northern Russia.

Photo: mil.ru

Russian Minister of Defence Anatoly Serdyukov wants to cut the number of military towns from 8000 to 184. That will especially affect the Russian North.

The Russian Ministry of Defence on Tuesday rebuffed unofficial information about the loss of 200 aircrafts and helicopters in a wild fire in Kolomna, near Moscow. The air base houses parts of the Navy’s aircrafts.

Northern Fleet vessels (Photo: mil.ru)

A large-scale military exercise involving several submarines, surface vessels, aviation and more than four thousand men is currently unfolding in the Barents Sea. Also test shooting with the S-300 missile system is part of the training.

The Nordic countries Norway, Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland are preparing for the signing of a joint statement on security policy.

Plans to use Typhoon submarines for under-ice deliveries of oil and ore in Arctic waters is inexpedient, says the designer of the world’s largest ever built submarine.

A F-16 fighter ready for take off at Bodø main airbase.

Jet-fighters from Bodø airbase in Northern Norway take off Monday to take part in the international military operation to enforce a no-fly zone over Libya.

After 18 years of construction, Russia’s first multi-armed Graney-class nuclear powered submarine set course to the White Sea on Monday for the first sea trails.

Newly released book argues that the Globus II radar in Norway’s north easternmost corner is essential for a U.S. missile defence system in Europe.