Tag: defense

NATO forces no-drone zone

Norwegian police are warning of large fines for anyone caught sending drones or other aicraft into the area of central Norway where a huge...

Dutch military forgot warm clothing

Soldiers from the Netherlands who are in Norway for this fall's huge NATO exercise were not issued the warm clothing they'll need. Their military...

NATO exercise grows in size and scope

Another 6,000 US soldiers will be joining the huge NATO exercise that formally gets underway in Norway later this month. They'll be arriving on...

Støre details effort for peace in Libya

While Norwegian fighter jets were bombing Libya in the spring of 2011, Norway's foreign minister at the time got the son of the country's...

Ex-ministers regret bombing, not Jens

Two top government colleagues of Norway's former prime minister, Jens Stoltenberg, now say that the Stoltenberg Government should not have taken part in NATO's...

Norway ill-advised on bombing Libya

A state commission has concluded that Norwegian politicians knew too little about the situation in Libya before the Parliament and former Labour Party-led government...

NATO exercise can jam DAB, mobile phones

This fall's massive NATO exercise in Norway known as Trident Juncture can interfere with both mobile phone and DAB radio signals. It's unclear whether...

Here comes NATO: Convoys hit the road

Norwegians were set to have some of their first close encounters with major military convoys this weekend, after a German military cargo ship tied...

Missing missile fires up concerns

Norwegian fishing industry and environmental officials were expressing concern Wednesday over reports that a nuclear-powered Russian cruise missile has gone missing in the Barents...

Huge NATO exercise reveals problems

The first of 10,000 military vehicles arrived in Norway over the weekend, all of which will be taking part in NATO's huge "Trident Juncture"...

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