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It looks more like "when," not "if," for Finnish and Swedish membership of NATO. RFE/RL maps out the next crucial weeks of decision-making for the Nordic pair as the military alliance inches closer to expansion from 30 to 32 members following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has pushed Finland and Sweden to the verge of applying for Nato membership and abandoning a belief held for decades that peace was best kept by not publicly choosing sides.

Troops will be deployed in a series of four separate NATO wargames codenamed Arrow, Hedgehog, Defender and Swift Response. The MoD noted, “Tens of thousands of troops from NATO and Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) allies and partners are involved in the exercises.”

A BARROW built submarine is in Grotsund near Tromsø to familiarise the Royal Navy with facilities to sustain submarines in the Arctic.

Despite the obvious threat posed by China, the Russo-Ukrainian war has shown that Russia remains a force to be reckoned with.

Royal Navy's Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales has returned home to Portsmouth after seven weeks away training with NATO and UK-led Joint Expeditionary Force in the Arctic.

The Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) arrived in Narvik, Norway for a scheduled port visit.

In the shadow of Russia’s bloody war on Ukraine, Arctic combat capabilities will get an extra boost in 2022, the defence minister assures. Putin’s defence minister Sergey Shoigu was Tuesday back on stage after weeks of speculations over his whereabouts. In front of the collegium of military comma

THE Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales made a quiet return to Portsmouth in the early hours of the morning after leading a major Nato exercise for the first time.

Royal Navy ships have started to return to their home ports after participating in NATO exercise Cold Response 2022, including Type 23 frigate HMS Richmond.