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Russia’s most high-tech multi-purpose nuclear sub further delayed The first upgraded cruise missile submarine of the Yasen-M class, the Kazan, will for unknown reasons have to sail another test-voyage before being handed over to the Northern Fleet.  Barents Observer, 3 Mar 21, By  Thomas Nilsen New date for possible handover is set for May-June 2021, TASS reports with a source in the military-industrial complex. The state-affiliated news agency is known voicing military insights, but also for sugarcoating facts. Another factory sea trial is planned, to be followed by an audit of the co...

File photo of a U.S. Air Force B-1B. In the box, the Barents Sea. The U.S. Air Force B-1 Lancer bombers have launched the first deterrence patrol from Orland Air Station to the eastern Barents Sea, where they integrated with RNoAF F-35A . On Feb. 26, 2021, the U.S. Air Force B-1 Lancers from the 7th Bomb Wing at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, deployed to Norway for a BTF (Bomber Task Force) have launched their first mission. According to the U.S. Air Force, two B-1s participated in a local sortie where they conducted tactical integration with a Norwegian F-35A and Norwegian naval assets in the

U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer Bombers Have Just Arrived At Orland Air Station, Norway. U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer Bombers Have Just Arrived At Orland Air Station, Norway. The B-1B arrival marks the first time U.S. bombers have operated out of Norway. Four U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers from the 7th Bomb Wing at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, have deployed to Norway, as part of a BTF (Bomber Task Force) mission. Flying as TABOO (some sources say SABU) flight and supported by tankers from Pease Air Force Base, New Hampshire, and RAF Mildenhall, UK, the B-1s have arrived at Ørland Air Force Station, No...

Bellona.org Russia’s Norilsk Nickel hit with enormous fine over Arctic oil spill Russia’s Norilsk Nickel, the world’s largest producer of palladium and nickel, has been hit with a record $2.1 billion fine over an enormous oil spill last summer that turned two Siberian rivers crimson, jeopardizing a fragile polar environment. In a legal climate that often fails to hold polluters to consistent environmental standards – with predictable consequences for failing to adhere them – the size of the fine is a surprising rebuke to one of Russia’s industrial crown jewels. Russia’s Norils...

Defense Ministry / TASS A top-secret missile launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in Arkhangelsk region earlier this week was a weapon capable of destroying satellites in low orbit. Indications of a launch from Plesetsk came as NOTAM warnings were issued for three areas in the Russian Arctic in a straight line north from the cosmodrome. The areas were coincident with the different stages of a space missile's fall-down; east of Cape Kanin, over Novaya Zemlya and the last over Severnaya Zemlya. Probably "Nudol" from Plesetsk will be launched on December 16, reserve date D...