US forces will showcase "swarm of missiles" outside Northern NorwayThe brand new Rapid Dragon is a highly potent weapon system that can launch a swarm of cruise missiles from a standard military transport plane. The United States, with NATO members, will for the first time exercise this strike capability inside the Arctic Circle over the Norwegian Sea, sometime from November 9 to 11.An appeal court judgment dismisses the ruling by the district court in Tromsø to release Andrey Yakunin. The Russian, British businessman whose father is a Putin ally remains in arrest until November 29. The latest Borei-A submarine “Generalissimo Suvorov” on Thursday successfully launched a Bulava ballistic missile from the White Sea that hit a target at the Kura range on the Kamchatka Peninsula.Norway’s reassurance policy towards Russia has for the most followed a practice that allied intelligence missions to airspace outside the Kola Peninsula should not take off, land, or fly over Norwegian airspace. On Wednesday, a U.S. Air Force plane was indeed inside Norwegian airspace, both before and after the flight aimed to monitor Russia’s military forces from above the eastern Barents Sea. The 255 meter long “Xin Guang Hua” has delivered a key industrial module for the LNG Construction Center in Belokamenka. Chinese construction yards continue cooperation with Russia in the Arctic, a company representative underlines. Blocked for the second time: According to the state attorney in Moscow, the Norwegian newspaper publishes “false news about terrorism” and seeks to “destabilise the political situation in Russia.” Моряки гражданских судов не могут попасть в море, некоторых снимают с кораблей прямо в портах, а некоторые — сбегают сами, пока находятся за границей.

The brand new Rapid Dragon is a highly potent weapon system that can launch a swarm of cruise missiles from a standard military transport plane. The United States, with NATO members, will for the first time exercise this strike capability inside the Arctic Circle over the Norwegian Sea, sometime from November 9 to 11.An appeal court judgment dismisses the ruling by the district court in Tromsø to release Andrey Yakunin. The Russian, British businessman whose father is a Putin ally remains in arrest until November 29.The latest Borei-A submarine “Generalissimo Suvorov” on Thursday successfully launched a Bulava ballistic missile from the White Sea that hit a target at the Kura range on the Kamchatka Peninsula.Norway’s reassurance policy towards Russia has for the most followed a practice that allied intelligence missions to airspace outside the Kola Peninsula should not take off, land, or fly over Norwegian airspace. On Wednesday, a U.S. Air Force plane was indeed inside Norwegian airspace, both before and after the flight aimed to monitor Russia’s military forces from above the eastern Barents Sea.The 255 meter long “Xin Guang Hua” has delivered a key industrial module for the LNG Construction Center in Belokamenka. Chinese construction yards continue cooperation with Russia in the Arctic, a company representative underlines.Blocked for the second time: According to the state attorney in Moscow, the Norwegian newspaper publishes “false news about terrorism” and seeks to “destabilise the political situation in Russia.”Моряки гражданских судов не могут попасть в море, некоторых снимают с кораблей прямо в портах, а некоторые — сбегают сами, пока находятся за границей.

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Named Rapid Dragon, the new weapon system is dropped from a military C-130J Super Hercules transport plane. The palletized weapon modul is first stabilized by a parachute before launching flying munitions, like cruise missiles. Screenshot from Lockheed Martin video
November 05, 2022

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Andrey Yakunin climbed the Kvasspiggen mountain north on Spitsbergen in August and then used a drone to photograph and scout potential routes.
November 04, 2022
The U.S. RC-135 Rivet Joint surveillance aircraft (marked red) was over Often area around 14.00 Norwegian time on Wednesday en route south to the air base Mildenhall in Great Britain. The plane came from international airspace outside Russia’s Northern Fleet bases on the Kola Peninsula. Screenshot from FlightRadar24.com
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