😍 Leopard 2A4 tanks during exercise "Viking Ymer 2025" 📸 Sondre Mosdal / @forsvaret.bsky.social

The🇳🇴government has reached a settlement with NH Industries (NHI) following the failed purchase of NH90 helicopters. NHI will pay the state 305 million euros. NHI will take back all the helicopters that were purchased, including spare parts, tools and equipment. www.vg.no/nyheter/i/zA...

NOW: Russia on October 22 tested all three legs of its nuclear triad as part of the annual Grom (Thunder) strategic nuclear drills. An upgraded submarine from the 1980s played a key role

How Russia eavesdrops on NATO at sea with technology from the West. Russia has built a secret network on the seabed to eavesdrop on NATO in the Arctic. SVT together with international media partners, can reveal Russia's surveillance system "Harmony" www.svt.se/nyheter/inri...

Seahawk lands at Haakonsvern with Norwegian pilots lands at Haakonsvern for the very first time. This marks a historic milestone for the Navy and the phasing in of the new maritime helicopters in Norwegian service. 📸Ludvig Kjendalen / @forsvaret.bsky.social

Safety expert Tor Indstøy did research on his Chinese electric car. He discovered that his Chinese electric car was sending detailed data back to China. Not just driving data, but also GPS positions, audio, images and more. (Norwegian audio) radio.nrk.no/podkast/oppd...

The Norwegian Association for the Conservation of Nature believes that the military has fucked up. - We wonder if the military really understands that the requirements for environmental considerations and the ban on dumping waste in nature also apply to them www.nrk.no/nordland/for...

KNM Thor Heyerdahl seiler inn i Trollfjorden. 📸Ørjan Andreassen /@Forsvaret_no

Norwegian P-8 Poseidon flies over KNM Thor Heyerdahl at Longyearbyen. 📸 Ludvig Kjendalen / Forsvaret

A top meeting between the FSB's Border Directorate and the Norwegian Joint Headquarters today took place on board a Norwegian coast guard vessel. www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/big... @thebarentsobserver.com

Norwegian frigate fires missile during exercise #Ægir25 KNM Thor Heyerdahl fires Naval Strike Missile (NSM) during exercise Ægir 25. The missile was fired at a target vessel further out to sea outside Andøy. 📸 Johnny Larsen / Forsvaret

Microwaves can heat up leftovers. They can also block satellite signals and cause chaos in air traffic, transportation, power supply and payment services. On Andøya, they practice defending society against such attacks. #Jammertest2025 www.ffi.no/aktuelt/feat... @FFI_research

The American aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford visits Oslo. 📸 @forsvaret.bsky.social

The chods in the Russian Northern Fleet playing in their sandcase at Zapad 2025

Navy forces land at Franz Josef Land as part of exercise Zapad-2025. Large areas in the Barents Sea have been sealed off as Russia and Belarus start their major joint exercise. www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/nav... via @thebarentsobserver.com

The Russians have started Zapad 2025 exercise with a massive deployment of the Northern Fleet

The 🇧🇻 Armed Forces, together with the USAF have tested a new precision weapon in the Norwegian Sea off Andøya in Nordland. Sep 3, a so-called long-range attack scenario was carried out, Norwegian F-35s, P-8 Poseidon with an 🇺🇸 B-2 Spirit bomber.

On Wednesday, September 3, four Norwegian F-35 aircraft and one Norwegian P-8 Poseidon aircraft participated together with an American B-2 Spirit bomber in what is described as a “long-range attack scenario”. The test was considered very successful, according to the US Air Force.

American "nuke sniffer" took a trip over Norway. May be related to Russian tests of the nuclear-powered missile "Skyfall", which are being conducted on Novaya Zemlya these days. www.forsvaretsforum.no/atomvapen-mi...

Russian Threat to Norway Over Fishing Sanctions ⛴️🐟 Russia has threatened to ban Norwegian vessels from Russian waters and set unilateral fishing quotas "in line with national interests" in the Barents Sea and Norwegian Sea. www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/tass... 📸Forsvaret

Submarine hunting in the Norwegian Sea: Three aircraft from Evenes on the wings. www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/mass...

🇳🇴Coast Guard Command and vessel operators carry out boarding outside Harstad with KV Bison. 📸slowmo by Nora Steenberg / Forsvaret 😍

Several drones were launched from a truck near a gas station on the main road next to Olenya air base on the Kola Peninsula. www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/mas... via @thebarentsobserver.com

The Norwegian Armed Forces Special Forces (FS) are in acute financial crisis, returning to Bergen. www.forsvaretsforum.no/forsvaret-fo...

EU punishes 🇷🇺 "spy boats" - 🇳🇴 fail to follow up. The EU is punishing Russia and its supporters more harshly. It accuses two Russian fishing companies of espionage and sabotage in Norwegian waters and denies them access. However, they still dock in Norway as before. www.nrk.no/tromsogfinnm...

For decades, the Russians used the South American country as a "factory" for illegalists. Jose Assis Giammaria was actually Mikhail Mikushin. A Russian spy, apparently for Russia's military intelligence agency, the GRU. www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/slik...

🇷🇺 Pr. 775 Ropucha-class landing ship "Aleksandr Otrakovskiy" at Severomorsk. 📸: A. Guryev (May 23)

A LNG carrier working for Russia’s Yamal project stopped in Honningsvåg in Northern Norway last week. The EU has sanctioned the vessel. Will 🇳🇴 authorities put an end to allowing 🇷🇺 LNG vessels resupplying in the country’s ports? www.highnorthnews.com/en/eu-sancti... via @highnorthnews.bsky.social

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte inspected Norwegian forces today. He believes it is important for understanding the security situation in the Arctic. Mark Rutte was giving the tour. Are you guys interested in a massive photo/video drop? @NATO 📸@Forsvaret_no @SecGenNATO @SHAPE_NATO

It's no use having war preparedness plans in a drawer. It needs to be out to the people, says the police chief in Finnmark. “We know,” people on the street say. nrk.no/tromsogfinnm... @PSTnorge @EllenKatrineH

NATO's new air operations center is established permanently in Bodø –⁠ A historic day, says the mayor. www.vg.no/nyheter/i/bm...

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A future without America as an ally? The 🇳🇴government's national security strategy aims to make Europe less dependent on the United States. - What do you think? www.forsvaretsforum.no/jonas-gahr-s...

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The 5th Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 5-4 ADA at @usmc Stinger team assigned to Marine Air Control Group 28 targets during Formidable Shield 25 on May 7, 2025, in Andøya, Norway. 📸Alexander Watkins @2nd_MAW @USMCFEA @usarmy @Forsvaret_no

😍 #FormidableShield25 📸 EVC/@Forsvaret_no

NASAMS and HIMARS during exercise #FormidableShield25 at Andøya. The newest combat air defense system NOMAD, also from the Artillery Battalion in the Army, is on the left. 📸Ole-Sverre Haugli / @Forsvaret_no

A Finnish F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet has crashed at Rovaniemi Airport in northwestern Finlandat 10:50 local time. The pilot ejected from the plane. @FinnishAirForce www.vg.no/nyheter/i/0V...

HIMARS o´clock: US Marine Corps firing HIMARS rocket artillery during exercise #FormidableShield25 at Andøya, Northern Norway. @USMC @USMCFEA @USArmyEURAF @USArmy @NATO 📸 Håvard Strand / @Forsvaret_no

The Norwegian Air Force says it has begun preparations to move 40 positions from Sørreisa to Bodø. In Sørreisa, many fear that over 60 years of defense history could come to an end. www.nrk.no/tromsogfinnm... 📸 Fabian Helmersen / @Forsvaret_no

Real missiles, real targets. The Belgian Navy frigate BNS Louise-Mary conducted a successful Harpoon missile firing as part of @USNavyEurope and @STRIKFORNATO #FormidableShield25

U.S. Orders Intelligence Agencies to Step Up Spying on Greenland www.wsj.com/world/greenl...

US Marine Corps fires HIMARS rocket artillery during exercise #FormidableShield25 on Andøya. M-SHORAD📸 Torbjørn Kjosvold / @Forsvaret_no 💥 Alexander Watkins / @USMC @USMCFEA @USArmyEURAF @USArmy @NATO

Large military exercise in Northern Norway. The Mongolian tugboat "Named" was boarded by the Coast Guard in Lødingen. Destination: Unknown. Go figure.

US Marines with Marine Air Controls Squadron 2 operate an AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar system during exercise Formidable Shield 25 in Andoya 📸Cpl. Anakin Smith / @USMC

Formidable Shield, Andøya 5-10 may. Various targets both on land and from allied vessels. Aircraft such as the F-35 and P-8 will also participate. During the exercise, sharpshooting will be carried out with NASAMS, NOMAD and HIMARS 📸@Forsvaret_no @NATO @US_EUCOM

Delayed, by 5 years? The SOTG (Special Operations Task Group) task squadron will become a new unit under the Marinejegerkommandoen in the Norwegian Armed Forces Special Forces in Ramsund. www.nrk.no/tromsogfinnm...

The exercise #FormidableShield25 starts on Andøya next week. The largest air missile sharpshooting exercise at sea this year including Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, the UK and the USA gather to practice protecting the airspace.

PST believes Mikhail Mikushin operated as an agent for Russian intelligence in Norway. DNA test of his brother helped expose him. www.nrk.no/norge/slik-b...

The first Joint Strike Missile (JSM) to be delivered to the 🇳🇴Air Force. 📸 Sixten Simonsen / @forsvaret.bsky.social