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Is it Time for a Nordic Nuke?

Moscow’s “Oreshnik” strike on January 9, 2026 is best understood as strategic signaling designed to shape what NATO will and will not do. Russia’s use of
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Increased military activity in the north

From March 9 to 19, the Armed Forces conduct the annual exercise Cold Response. This means that around 25,000 Norwegian and allied soldiers are practicing the defense of Norway and the surrounding areas.
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Weekend Video: Training for war at the top of the world - ArcticToday

“Biggest challenge here is just existing” — that’s how a British soldier frames the brutal reality of Arctic warfare. In a landscape where sub-zero temperatures, endless winter nights and unforgiving terrain test even the toughest troops, survival becomes its own mission. As Arctic tensions...
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Not all eyes are on the Middle East

On Tuesday, three NATO surveillance aircraft operated simultaneously near Russia’s northern borders as the ballistic missile submarine Knyaz Vladimir departed from the Kola Peninsula for patrol.
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What's behind NATO's new Arctic mission? - ArcticToday

Arctic Sentry needs broader commitments and a narrower geographical scope This is a reproduction of an article that first appeared on 66° North. If you would like to read more posts by Lukas Wahden, you can sign up for his blog on Substack here. After three intra-alliance spats over the future...
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NATO Forces Wrap Arctic Warfare Cold Response 26 Drills​

NATO forces wrapped up Exercise Cold Response 26 on Thursday following 10 days of arctic warfare drills across Norway and Finland.

The exercise was the first NATO activity in the High North under Arctic Sentry, NATO’s new enhanced vigilance activity dedicated to the defense and security of the Arctic region. Cold Response, which began March 9, involved 32,500 participants from 14 allied countries. The military forces carried out land and air drills in the northern regions of Norway and Finland while naval drills were conducted in the waters around Norway, according to a Norwegian Armed Forces statement.

“NATO will defend every inch of allied territory, no matter where the challenges come from. Our armed forces are ready to operate in extreme conditions, and Cold Response 26 takes this readiness one step further,” NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said during a Wednesday press conference on the exercise.

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CAOC Bodø Completes First Major Exercise as a Fully-Fledged NATO Headquarters

Bodø, Northern Norway (High North News): NATO's newest Combined Air Operations Center in Bodø, played a crucial role in the air operations during this winter's major military exercise, Cold Response. Chief of the Norwegian Air Force, Øivind Gunnerud, says the exercise provided very good learning...
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'Homeland Defense Does Not Stop or Start at the US Border'

Bodø (High North News): Fellow Sophie Arts with the German Marshall Fund of the United States emphasizes the continued importance of transatlantic cooperation, and the crucial role that European Allies, such as Norway, have for US security and homeland defense.
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NATO’s Anti-Submarine Exercise in the High North is Underway

The NATO exercise Dynamic Mongoose began on Monday. Submarines, surface ships, and aircraft from nine nations are currently conducting anti-submarine warfare training in the North Atlantic and the High North.
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Yuri is watching

The Russian Northern Fleet’s intelligence-gathering vessel Yuri Ivanov is loitering in the Norwegian Sea as NATO conducts its anti-submarine warfare exercise, Dynamic Mongoose.
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“Do not abandon the watchtower”

Ambassador Oleksiy Gavrysh says Ukrainian experience and technology can be applied along Norway’s border with Russia. “Here in Kirkenes, you stand on the front line. You are the main watchtower of the democratic world in the north.”
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Here I was thinking they went for some political pow-wow but it's really a paid vaca on the taxpayer's dime.
 

UK troops on Nato's border with Russia warn they're 'not playing around any more'​

Jun 2, 2026 #bfbsforcesnews #forcesnews #news
Around 1,300 British troops have been training in Estonia on Nato's eastern border with Russia as part of Exercise Spring Storm 2026.
Ex Spring Storm is an annual exercise that has been running for 20 years, and I've reported on it twice before, but this year it felt different.
Fusilier Ruaridh Campbell of A Company, 2 Scots said: "This year this is a rehearsal for war". That is a line I heard from other soldiers too.
More: https://www.forcesnews.com/services/a...

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