Trump’s NATO demands are heard
Stoltenberg: Trump’s NATO demands are heeded Donald Trump’s clear message that NATO countries must strengthen their defence budgets has an effect, Secretary-General of the Alliance,…
Defence
Norway reduces contribution to NATO’s training mission in Iraq
The Ministry of Defence (FD) reported on Monday that Norway has offered ten soldiers to NATO’s new training mission in Iraq. The Norwegian contribution…
The Armed Forces strengthened in the High North
The Armed Forces have strengthened their presence in the Northern regions over the past year, and Defense Secretary Haakon Bruun-Hanssen calls this a new normal…
Huge potential for KONGSBERG in Qatar
KONGSBERG has signed a cooperation agreement in Qatar for long-term technology development programs within defence, maritime industry and digitalization. The first programme in relation…
E-service believes Russian exercise could be much bigger than announced
Norwegian intelligence estimates that the large scale Russian military exercise that will take place in September may be ten times greater than Russia has given…
Norwegians want foreign policy to be a major theme in the elections
Foreign policy, defence and security Three out of four Norwegians believe that the issues foreign policy, defence and security have be major themes in the…
New center planned in defence against cyber attacks
Security services are intensifying their efforts against cyber threats. A common cyber coordination center will be operational from Friday. The Defence Minister, Ine Eriksen Søreide,…
Notification of increased privatization in the military
Chief of Defence Haakon Bruun-Hanssen informs that he will allow private acquisition of a number of defence services in order to reach the government’s requirement…
Analysis supports Norwegian battle fleet of 53 F-35 aircraft
An analysis from the Intelligence Service and the Defence Research explains why it is necessary that Norway buys 52 US F-35 fighter aircraft. Newspaper Klassekampen…
Defence sources: It will take one to two months for NATO to help Norway
It will take at least one to two months before Norway can get help from a main force from NATO in a serious crisis or…