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US Navy plans to deploy nuclear submarines at Olavsvern underground base in Norway

US Navy plans to deploy nuclear submarines at Olavsvern underground base in Norway
The US Navy intends to use the Norwegian underground submarine base Olavsvern for the American Seawolf-class multipurpose nuclear submarines. Writes about it Popular Mechanics.

The command of the US Navy is negotiating with the Norwegian government about the use of the Olavsvern base in the interests of the submarine forces of the American fleet., located in northern Norway in 350 km from Russian borders. According to US military, this base could be used as a starting point for operations in the Barents Sea against Russian submarines.

The use of the Olavsvern military base by the US Navy would allow the US Navy attack submarine to quickly go to sea in the event of an emergency.
– said in the command of the Navy.

At the same time clarifies, that American submarines are already using the port of Malangen in Northern Norway for crew exchange and receiving supplies.

It should be noted, that the US Navy's proposal to deploy nuclear submarines at the Olavsvern base is not new. During the Cold War, nuclear submarines of the American and British fleets were based on it., tracking ships and submarines of the Northern Fleet of the USSR. However, 2002 base was closed, and 2011 sold to a private company, who owns it, using the base to support oil exploration in the Barents and Norwegian Seas.

The total area of ​​the underground premises of the base exceeds 25 thousand square meters, and buildings – 13 500 square meters. There were ammunition depots on the territory of the base., fuel, workshops, quarters, deep water jetty and dry dock.

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