A multi-billion-dollar plan: Norway strengthens its defenses against Russia
intends to purchases two additional German submarines and long-range missiles, as the bordering country seeks to in the North Atlantic and the Barents Sea"
The Russian-European conflict
Norway has a common border of 198 kilometers with Russia, which has been waging a war in Ukraine since 2022, in addition to a maritime border in the Barents Sea.
The Norwegian government had ordered four submarines from the German company Thyssenkrupp in the year 2021, and the first of these submarines is scheduled to be delivered in the year 2029, according to the ministry’s statement.
/>Sandvik added "As Norway as the “eyes and ears” of NATO in the north, this requires greater capacity to project our presence, to monitor and to deter in our immediate neighbourhood. In this context, submarines are absolutely indispensable"
Norway’s military armament
The government proposed increasing the defense budget by 46 billion kroner ($4.5 billion) due to the high cost of submarines and their weapon systems.
In a separate statement, the Ministry of Defense said that 19 billion kroner would be spent on missiles capable of reaching targets 500 kilometers away.
The ministry did not clarify which missiles would be purchased, but the agency Norwegian news "NTP" It was reported that the research includes the American Himars system, the South Korean Chunmoo missiles, and a system made by a group "KNDS" (KNDS) German.
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