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Name Image Origin Type Quantity Notes Main battle tank Leopard 2A8NOR Germany Main battle tank: 54 on order In February 2023, the Norwegian prime minister, Jonas Gahr Stoere announced that Norway would be ordering 54 new Leopard 2A7 tanks from Krauss-Maffei Wegmann at a cost of kr 19.7 billion with a further option for 18 vehicles to be delivered at a later date.
As of October 2013, there had been 10 Norwegian Armed Forces fatalities in the War, seven of these due to Improvised explosive devices, two due to direct hostile gunfire, and one in connection with the 2011 Mazar-i-Sharif attack. In addition there were at least 26 non-fatal combat-related casualties.
An organised military was first assembled in Norway in the 9th century and its early focus was naval warfare. The army was created in 1628 as part of Denmark–Norway, followed by two centuries of regular wars. A Norwegian military was established in 1814, but the military did not see combat until the German occupation of Norway in 1940.
Hvaldimir, a white beluga whale that was rumored to be a Russian spy, has been found dead in waters off Norway.
OSLO (Reuters) -All four people on board a U.S. military aircraft that crashed in northern Norway on Friday have died, local police said on Saturday. The MV-22B Osprey aircraft belonging to the U ...
Sign at Hammerfest Harbour in Norwegian and English warning against interfering with Hvaldimir. The whale appeared beginning on 26 April 2019 north of Hammerfest, off the island of Ingøya and near the village of Tufjord on the island of Rolvsøya, wearing a tight-fitting camera harness labelled "Equipment St. Petersburg", and rubbing against boats in apparent attempts to free himself.
The village sits about 20 miles outside of Oslo, Norway’s capital, and the natural disaster created a mass of muddy earth scarring the residential landscape. 4 bodies found after Norway ...
Kvenvik in Alta, Norway. Three representatives of the Norwegian Safety Investigation Authority (NSIA) [b] arrived at the crash site on 1 September to gather information. [22] The Norwegian Civil Defence assisted in safeguarding and searching the area, [23] and provided air transportation of personnel and equipment for police. [24]