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Selshevneren

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Selshevneren is the spear viking chieftain Tore Hund from Bjarkøy avenged "Olav the Saint" with in Stiklestad in year 1030.🇳🇴 Focus around Bjarkøy and northern-norway. Also interested what the chods in the shadow- and Russian Northern Fleet are up to.

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Selshevneren @selshevneren.bsky.social · 1d

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...

Selshevneren @selshevneren.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Selshevneren @selshevneren.bsky.social · 8d

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

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Selshevneren @selshevneren.bsky.social · 12d

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

Selshevneren @selshevneren.bsky.social · 12d

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

Selshevneren @selshevneren.bsky.social · 18d

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

Selshevneren @selshevneren.bsky.social · Sep 13

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

Selshevneren @selshevneren.bsky.social · Sep 12

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

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Selshevneren @selshevneren.bsky.social · Sep 12

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

Selshevneren @selshevneren.bsky.social · Sep 12

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

Selshevneren @selshevneren.bsky.social · Sep 10

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.

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Selshevneren @selshevneren.bsky.social · Sep 10

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.

Selshevneren @selshevneren.bsky.social · Sep 4

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...

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Selshevneren @selshevneren.bsky.social · Aug 27

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

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Selshevneren @selshevneren.bsky.social · Aug 27

Submarine hunting in the Norwegian Sea: Three aircraft from Evenes on the wings.

www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/mass...

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Selshevneren @selshevneren.bsky.social · Jun 17

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

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Selshevneren @selshevneren.bsky.social · Jun 1

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

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Selshevneren @selshevneren.bsky.social · May 30

The Norwegian Armed Forces Special Forces (FS) are in acute financial crisis, returning to Bergen.

www.forsvaretsforum.no/forsvaret-fo...

Selshevneren @selshevneren.bsky.social · May 26

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...

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Selshevneren @selshevneren.bsky.social · May 25

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...

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Selshevneren @selshevneren.bsky.social · May 24

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

Massimo Frantarelli @mrfrantarelli.bsky.social · May 24

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

Selshevneren @selshevneren.bsky.social · May 24

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

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Selshevneren @selshevneren.bsky.social · May 22

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

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Selshevneren @selshevneren.bsky.social · May 22

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

Politimester ønsker mer åpenhet rundt beredskapen i Norge

Det nytter ikke å ha planer om krigsberedskap i en skuff. Det må ut til folket, sier politimesteren i Finnmark. – Vi vet nok, sier folk på gata.

nrk.no

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Selshevneren @selshevneren.bsky.social · May 20

NATO's new air operations center is established permanently in Bodø –⁠ A historic day, says the mayor.

www.vg.no/nyheter/i/bm...