Head of the Norwegian Military Intelligence Service Morten Haga Lunde says, that the Russian Aerospace Forces last year practiced strikes against targets, located in Northern Norway. According to the Norwegian online publication The Independent Barents Observer, with such a statement, the lieutenant general made on Monday evening, lecturing at the Military Society of Oslo.
Less than a year ago, 24 Martha, Russian bombers carried out a tactical flight in the direction of the VRS facilities in the city of Vardø. The bombers practiced offensive actions before, how to return to bases on the territory of the Kola Peninsula. A total of nine aircraft participated in the operation. – Quoted by Lunde The Independent Barents Observer.
AT 2017 year, considers Lunde, There were two more such cases - in May, when Russian aviation allegedly "practiced" strikes on military equipment and ships, who took part in international exercises in Norway, as well as during the exercises "West-2017", when Iskander missile systems were transferred to the Murmansk region.
celebrated, that an American radar Globus-2 was installed on the Norwegian Arctic island of Vardø near the borders of the Russian Federation″, which is officially under the control of the kingdom's military intelligence. AT 2020 next year, a new Rada should be deployed next to it “Globe 3”, for which the VRS will also be responsible, working closely with the US National Security Agency. According to experts, radar data, as well as their predecessor “Globe” can be used to track launches of Russian intercontinental ballistic missiles and monitor the activities of the Northern Fleet of the Russian Navy.
And then there are the elusive Russian submarines, who dart about in the waters of Norway…
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