Commander in Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Vladimir Vysotskii, says Russia intends to build five or six new aircraft carriers. The vessels will help Russia become the second most powerful naval power in the world, the commander says.
Russia has admitted that one of the country’s frontier guard service helicopters flew into Finnish airspace over the near Nuijamaa in late July, Yle reports.
Russia’s increased military training activity and the announced restructuring of the Armed Forces can be seen as part of a necessary and overdue modernization and as a sound sign of the country’s bid to create forces which actually can defend the nation’s interests.
President Medvedev yesterday postponed the adoption of the new Russian National Security Strategy with one month. That might indicate that the strategy position on the USA and western partners gets more conciliatory.
The Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) considers the Snøhvit gas field on the Barents Sea coast the biggest terrorist target in Norway. This week, military forces held a counter-terrorism operation at field installations.
The nuclear powered submarine K-496 “Borisgleb” this week made its last trip to the Zvezdochka yard in Severodvinsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast, were it will be decommissioned and scrapped.
Joint Strike Fighter might be too noisy for Bodø air base in northern Norway. The consequence could be that the coming main base for the Norwegian Air Force is placed elsewhere.
The Norwegian Coast Guard suspects the vessel of not comply with their obligatory duty to notify the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries about their fishing in the waters around Svalbard.
Norwegian Coast Guard is redispositioning its vessels to cover a larger area along the coast of Norway. The reason is the no-fly ban imposed on rescue helicopters caused by the volcano ash from Iceland.
