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United States Flag Code

United States Flag Code Title 4, United States Code, Chapter 1 As Adopted by the National Flag Conference, Washington, D.C., June 14-15, 1923, and Revised and Endorsed by the Second National Flag Conference, Washington, D.C., May 15, 1924. Revised and adopted at P.L....

Northern Fleet soldiers killed in plane crash in occupied Crimea

Russian military An-26 aircraft. Illustration photo: British Air Force Northern Fleet soldiers killed in plane crash in occupied Crimea A military An-26 aircraft crashed into rocky terrain east of Sevastopol, killing seven crew members and 23 personnel on board....

Bombers from Kola take part in major daytime attack

A Tu-95MS long-range strategic bomber during takeoff from the Olenya base in the Murmansk region. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defence Bombers from Kola take part in major daytime attack Two Tu-95MS aircraft from Olenya Air Base participated when Russia carried out one...

37 years on, no signs of leakage from plutonium warheads

The wrecked Northern Fleet submarine Komsomolets rests on the seabed at a depth of 1,680 metres (5,510 ft). Photo: Norwegian Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority 37 years on, no signs of leakage from plutonium warheads Results from two new studies of seabed...

Three years of patrolling NATO’s eastern border

After Norway’s 198-kilometre-long land border with Russia, this is where Finland takes over. The northernmost border post is marked with a cairn, separating the three countries.   What follows is 1,340 kilometres of the Finnish-Russian border. Today, that...

The Emirates joins Svalbard Treaty

The Smeerenburg glacier seen from the Amsterdam island, northwest on Svalbard. Photo: Thomas Nilsen The Emirates joins Svalbard Treaty The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has officially joined the Svalbard Treaty, in a move said to strengthen the country’s role in Arctic...