Norway

Echoes of the Cold War: Why “Bears” Like the G.I.U.K. Gap

Russian military activity in the Greenland-Iceland-UK (GIUK) gap has increased exponentially in the past years. Launched from the Northern Fleet “bastion,” submarine-hunting, anti-surface, and maritime surveillance missions are at the forefront of Russia’s sorties in the GIUK. These operations often come close to Norwegian, Icelandic, and British airspace, forcing NATO to scramble interceptors and shadow the […]

30 March 2021

Vlad Sutea

Air Policing, Arctic High North, Cold War, flight information region, GIUK Gap, Iceland, NATO, Northern Fleet, Norway, russia, Tu-142, Tu-160, UK

Cold War 2.0, Euro-Atlantic

Russia Simulates Air Attack on Norwegian Radar

1. Eleven Russian Su-24 tactical bombers (NATO reporting name: “Fencer”) conducted a simulated air attack on a Globus II radar station in Vardø (Norway) on February 14, 2018. The information was released yesterday by Lieutenant General Morten Haga Lunde, the Director of the Norwegian Intelligence Services (NIS). It is unclear whether the Norwegian Royal Air Force […]

13 February 2019

Vlad Sutea

Globus II radar, Military, NATO, Norway, russia, Simulated air strikes, Su-24 Fencer, United States, Vardo