Amid rising tensions with Putin’s Russia, NATO strengthens its northern security cooperation. Never before have there been more high-ranking commanders on Norway’s border to the strategically important Kola Peninsula.
“I’m very happy about the political decision to become a part of NATO,” says Lieutenant general Carl-Johan Edström, Chief of Joint Operations with the Swedish Armed Forces. On Thursday, he flew north together with the largest group of top NATO officers that ever has been at Norway’s land border with Russia. […]
A scenario now drilled during Joint Viking 2023 is the reinforcement of northern Scandinavia in case of conflict. Bringing troops and weapons from North America to Norway is an essential part the military planning. With Sweden and Finland soon to join NATO, bringing reinforcement further into the two countries from Northern Norway is a new part of wargames training. Läs artikel