The Russian bordering Nordic nation of Norway has announced it will be considerably increasing the size of its armed forces over the next decade, in the most significant change in its defence in modern times. The Norwegian government made the big reveal of its long-term defence renewal plan on Friday, sayingContinue Reading
NATO Nordic Response 2024 exercise has, according to the alliance, significantly increased the combat readiness of its troops. But it has also increased the cost to Norwegian households of dealing with the consequences of the military training. This was reported by the Norwegian magazine Forsvarets Forum. It is reported thatContinue Reading
The termination of the international investigation into the causes of the Nord Stream explosions raises many questions about who was responsible for the terror attack and for what purpose. There is no denying the fact that sabotage of such a large transnational project is not like putting a firecracker inContinue Reading
For the past few years, Norway has been steadily modernising its armed forces by acquiring new types of weapons. The most significant arms programme in recent years is the purchase of F-35 multirole aircraft, but besides them, this Scandinavian country has received or will soon receive Leopard 2 main battleContinue Reading
Norway estimated the damage inflicted to its territory by NATO’s Nordic Response exercise at up to 8 million Norwegian kroner ($750,000), says Forsvarets Forum, a journal published by the Norwegian armed forces. According to the journal, the country’s authorities received lots of various complaints after the exercises, ranging from brokenContinue Reading
The Arctic environment has spurred the US Marine Corps (USMC) as the land-component lead for ‘Nordic Response 2024′ NATO exercise held in March in Norway to recalibrate the most effective and safest way to move equipment and people, according to Lieutenant Colonel Kevin Fitzsimmons, senior watch officer for the exercise’sContinue Reading
NATO has completed the maritime component of ‘Steadfast Defender’ – its major exercise for developing and demonstrating the capability and capacity to surge reinforcements across the Euro-Atlantic theatre – with the conduct of the Norway-hosted exercise ‘Nordic Response 24’. ‘Steadfast Defender’ is designed to exercise the delivery of reinforcements acrossContinue Reading
The Danish and Swedish Air Forces have conducted their first aerial combat training drills together as NATO allies in and around Danish airspace. Denmark’s F-35 Lightning II and Sweden’s JAS-39 Gripen fighter jets took part in the exercise, which consisted of one-to-one fighter maneuvers and coordinated flying. The F-35s flewContinue Reading
Finland’s Defence Ministry announced on Thursday that the country will host two Nato test centres for new technologies and a business accelerator. Finland proposed their establishment last year, a few months after joining the alliance. The plan was given the green light by the board of Nato’s Defence Innovation AcceleratorContinue Reading
This Friday, March 15, marks the inauguration of the €6.2 million NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence’s new building in Tallinn. The center provides facilities needed for the day-to-day work of cyber experts from almost 40 nations. “The fact that the NATO CCDCOE is the only center of excellenceContinue Reading