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The Army had by the end of the decade been significantly downsized from its late Cold War heights, and has for example faced criticism from within claiming that it would now only be able to defend one district of Oslo in the event of a national invasion. [5] Norwegian soldier in Faryab province, Afghanistan, armed with an HK416 rifle.
The uniform system will be provided in three configurations; European, desert and jungle where the European configuration is split into two, both a common (intermediate) which goes down to −19 °C (−2 °F) and a so-called "cold add–on" which can go down to −46 °C (−51 °F).
The expansion of the Air Force happened at a very rapid pace as the Cold War progressed. Throughout the Cold War the Norwegian Air Force was only one of two NATO air forces—Turkey being the other—with a responsibility for an area with a land border with the Soviet Union, and Norwegian fighter aircraft had on average 500–600 interceptions ...
In 2014, Sweden and Norway entered into a joint frame agreement for the purchase of new logistics vehicles from the German supplier RMMV. The first Norwegian order includes 103 units of HX2 vehicles (of which 95 are 8x8 and 8 are 10x10). A full 35 of these vehicles will be supplied with the Rheinmetall Integrated Armoured Cabin (IAC).
The Cold War saw a large build-up of air stations and military bases, especially in Northern Norway. Since the 2000s, the military has transformed from a focus on defence from an invasion to a mobile force for international missions. Norway had its combat units withdraw from the War in Afghanistan in 2021. [6]
Large NATO drills in the frigid fjords of northern Norway may be just war games meant to hone the fighting skills of the newly expanded 32-nation military alliance. With drills underway now, NATO ...
The military history of Norway commences before the Viking Age with the internal wars fought between regional kings to obtain the supreme kingship of the whole of Norway. . The most famous period of Norwegian history and thus military history is the Viking Age, but the early Middle Ages was the era when Norwegian military power in Europe reached its pe
A nurse who moved from sunny Spain to Norway has gone viral for sharing tips and tricks on how she stays warm in the freezing cold. In Norway, the average winter temperature is -6.8° C (19° F ...