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14 lut 2024 · Winter military exercises like here in Northern Norway have taken on new meaning since Russia invaded Ukraine. Now Norway is under pressure to rebuild its own defense after years of cutbacks. PHOTO: Forsvaret/Helene Sofie Thorkildsen.
9 mar 2024 · Joint Viking is a Norwegian military winter exercise held every two years. The exercise is led by the Norwegian Armed Forces, with invited forces from NATO and partner nations. The field exercise lasts from 6 to 16 March 2023 but there will be military activity in the weeks before and after this.
TT News Agency/AFP. The new version of Sweden's pamphlet "In case of crisis or war" will reach letterboxes from Monday. On Monday, millions of Swedes will start receiving copies of a pamphlet ...
7 mar 2023 · More than 20,000 soldiers from nine NATO countries are in Norway for this year’s military winter exercises, Joint Viking 2023. Russia’s war on Ukraine has shown “how important preparedness and well-trained military forces are,” note defense officials, especially for a “strategically important” country like Norway.
14 maj 2024 · Nordic Response 2024. This March, thousands of Norwegian and allied soldiers have trained on defending and protecting Nordic territory. Updated: 14. May 2024 09:08. The Norwegian military exercise Cold Response has a long history and takes place in Northern Norway every other year.
9 lut 2024 · Still, since the Cold War, Norway has followed a “reassurance” policy that limits NATO and its allies’ presence past the 28th longitudinal zone, close to Russia.
U.S. Marines joined NATO exercises in Norway near the border with Russia. Sweden and Finland also took part for the first time as the war in Ukraine loomed.
