Starting early morning on August 28, the Northern Fleet will perform rocket firing in waters north of Norway’s Varanger Peninsula. Caution messages to stay clear of a rather huge area in the Barents Sea are issued, both as Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) and Coastal Navigation warnings (PRIP).
“It may affect fisheries, ship and air traffic, and other civilian activities in the westernmost part of Russia’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and the easternmost part of Norway’s EEZ,” says Kristian Åtland with the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI). He says exercises by the Russian navy like this one are common in late summer, but the size now “is reasonably large.”
The areas for civilian navigation and air traffic are closed “for security reasons,” the Northern Fleet says in a press statement. Läs artikel