Norway Goes Military: Army Spending Skyrockets on ‘Russian Threat’
SputnikNews.com
29.04.2015
Norway has vowed to increase its military spending by as much as half a billion USD to boost defense capability around its northern border with Russia citing a so-called “Russian threat”; meanwhile, the country has increased its arms exports to the US by as much as $10 million, which is apparently being used in conflict zones such as Iraq.
The Norwegian government is apparently in the throes of a military fever.
It has pledged to increase military spending by as much as half a billion dollars to boost its defense capability around its northern border with Russia to be able to withstand what it sees as the phantom “Russian threat.”
The country’s Defense Minister Ine Eriksen Soreide, said Norway would spend 3.6 billion kroner ($477 million) on building Norway’s first anti-aircraft battery and modernizing its squadron of German-made Leopard 2 tanks, amongst other defense projects.
According to the local media, the country’s defense experts have been recently calling for “more troops and better capabilities close to the Russian border” fearing to be “a small neighboring country to a superpower with global ambitions.”
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