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Document: Statement of Intent Signed by U.S., Sweden To Promote Military...
An international Corps of Marines from Sweden, Finland, and the U.K. conduct amphibious assaults on a beachhead in Ravlunda, Sweden, for local media outlets during BALTOPS 2015. US Marine Corps photo....
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U.S., Sweden Sign Agreement To Collaborate On Anti-Sub, Anti-Air R&D, Exercises
Then-Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Jonathan Greenert is piped ashore after touring the Swedish submarine HMS Uppland at Karlskrona Naval Base on July 14, 2015. US Navy photo. Defense Secretary...
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Report: Russian Sub Activity on the Rise in North Atlantic
Russian submarine Severodvinsk While Russian submarine activity in the Baltic and Mediterranean Seas and the North Atlantic are at their highest levels since the end of the Cold War, its navy has only...
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European Navies Are Grappling with Aggressive Russian, Chinese Operations in...
Chinese destroyer near Vladivostok, Russia during Joint Sea 2017. Russian state media photo NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The optimism for peace at the end of the Cold War has proven to be a mistake as Russia...
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Truman Carrier Strike Group Leveraging Unusual Deployment to Work on Undersea...
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) conducts flight operations in the Atlantic Ocean on Sept. 18, 2018. US Navy photo. The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group is in the...
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New U.K.-Led Maritime First Responder Force Takes to Sea at BALTOPS
HMS Albion (L14) conducted officer of the watch maneuvers today (25th May 2109), in company with HNLMS Johan de Witt (L801), HDMS Absalon (L16), RFA Argus (A135), HNoMS Glimt (P964) and HNoMS Steil...
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Swedish Navy Chief: Russian Gray Zone Threats Makes Presence, Info-Sharing...
Chief of Swedish Navy Rear Adm. Ewa Skoog Haslum. Swedish Armed Forces Photo The threat of Russian gray zone activity in Northern European waters makes at-sea presence and information-sharing all the...
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Beijing Wants Arctic to Remain Peaceful, Chinese Diplomat Says
The aurora borealis over Ice Camp Seadragon during Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2020. US Navy Photo China’s top diplomat overseeing Arctic affairs recently stressed that Beijing wants the region to remain...
View ArticleFinnish Military Intelligence Review 2021
The following is the Finnish Defence Forces’ Finnish Military Intelligence Review 2021. The report was released this week. From the report Dear Reader, You are now reading the first public review by...
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Military Planners Should Map Out Operations in Warming Arctic Waters, Expert...
The Coast Guard Cutter Healy, a 420-foot polar icebreaker, transits to the Gulf of Alaska, July 20, 2021. Healy and its crew are currently on a 133-day deployment into the Arctic as part of a...
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Russia Wants to Keep Status as Arctic Superpower, Says Expert
NASA Image Russia’s ambition to remain the Arctic superpower is propelling its all-out effort to guard its economic interests there with broad territorial claims over waterways and a continued military...
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Panel: U.S. Needs ‘Actions with Backbone’ to Deter Russia From Invading Ukraine
A Ukrainian Special Forces Soldier prepares for a mission with the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade and U.S. Army’s 10th Special Forces Group during Exercise Combined Resolve 16 in Hohenfels, Germany, Dec....
View ArticleReport to Congress on Ukrainian Armed Forces
The following is the Jan. 26, 2022 Congressional Research Service In Focus report, Ukrainian Armed Forces. From the report In 2014, the Ukrainian military, which observers noted had been weakened by...
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NATO Command of USS Harry S. Truman Sends Signal to Russia, Says Secretary...
Sailors heave a phone-and-distance line on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) during a replenishment-at-sea on Oct. 22, 2021. US Navy Photo Putting an...
View ArticleReport to Congress on U.S. Security Assistance to Ukraine
The following is the Feb. 9, 2022, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, U.S. Security Assistance to Ukraine. From the report In response to Russia’s recent escalation of military pressure on...
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Iceland Foreign Minister: ‘Thank God We’re Part of NATO’
Icelandic Coast Guard offshore patrol vessel ICGV Þór (UT 512L) steams through Whale Bay in Miðsandur, Iceland during exercise Northern Viking 22, April 11, 2022. US Navy Photo In the wake of Russia’s...
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Czech Foreign Minister Calls for West to Send ‘Weapons, Weapons, Weapons’ to...
A Joint Honor Guard member holds the Ukrainian flag during an honor cordon ceremony, as Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III welcomes Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal to the Pentagon,...
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Swedish Officials Ask Pentagon to Increase U.S. Naval Presence in Baltic Sea
USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) transits through the Danish Straits and enters the Baltic Sea on May 13, 2022. US Navy Photo Swedish officials are requesting a larger U.S. naval presence in the Baltic Sea as...
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Finland, Sweden Will Bolster NATO in Baltic, Says EUCOM Nominee Cavoli
The U.S. Army Europe and Africa Command Commanding General Gen. Christopher G. Cavoli delivers a speech during the 7th Army Training Command change of command ceremony at Tower Barracks in Grafenwoehr,...
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U.S. Warships Now in the Baltic Ahead of BALTOPS as Sweden, Finland Move...
USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) in port in Tallinn, Estonia, on May 27, 2022. US Navy Photo At least three U.S. warships are operating in the Baltic Sea ahead of two weeks of international drills in the region,...
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Russian Corvettes Spotted Shadowing BALTOPS Exercise
Graphic by H I Sutton used with permission Two Russian warships are operating near the international BALTOPs naval exercise in the Baltic Sea, according to photos from ship spotters. A pair of Russian...
View ArticleReport to Congress on U.S.-Nordic Relations
The following is the June 10, 2022, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, The Nordic Countries and U.S. Relations. From the report The five Nordic countries—Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway,...
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Baltic States Need More NATO Forces to Deter a Russian Invasion, Says...
U.S. Marines with 2d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion attached to Task Group 61/2.4, speak to a UH-1Y crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 264 before boarding near Saaremaa, Estonia,...
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U.S., Allies Increase Training Rate for Equipment Earmarked For Ukraine, Says...
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Christian Hernandez, a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System Operator (HIMARS) with 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, observes the terrain in front of an AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air...
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CNO Gilday: Sweden, Finland’s NATO Membership Poised to Change Allied Arctic...
CNO Adm. Mike Gilday arrives at the BALTOPS22 closing reception aboard the Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC-20) in Kiel, Germany, June 17, 2022. US Navy Photo WASHINGTON...
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Estonian Defense Minister: Baltic Can Become ‘Internal NATO Sea’ With Sweden,...
U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare to board a landing craft, air cushion in light armored vehicles during BALTOPS 22 in Ventspils, Latvia, June 12,...
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Russian Invasion of Ukraine Will be ‘Longer War’, Says Denmark’s Defense...
A street in Mariupol Ukraine from the Facebook page of the 36th Marine Brigade on April 7, 2022. Denmark’s defense minister’s major take away from a recent meeting in Copenhagen, where 26 nations and...
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Russian Aggression in Ukraine Boosts Arctic Security Concerns
Army Sgt. David Becker, assigned to the 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment (Airborne), 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, “Spartan Brigade,” recovers his parachute...
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NATO ‘Applying Maximum Pressure on Moscow’ as War in Ukraine Continues, Says...
2005 satellite image Ukraine. The Dnieper River in the center almost bisects the country. NASA Photo NATO has bolstered forces along its eastern front, rushed military and economic aid to Ukraine and...
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Russian Arctic Threat Growing More Potent, Report Says
Russian Borei-class nuclear submarine Generalissimus Suvorov. TASS Photo Russia’s Northern Fleet’s ballistic missile submarines and strategic bomber force’s capabilities remain intact despite the heavy...
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