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โš”๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Norway will almost double its military spending and reach 3 percent of GDP by 2036, a new long-term defence plan shows

๐Ÿ“ฐ The Barents Observer wrote on their website:
The Nordic country intends to increase spending on its Armed Forces with 600 billion NOK (โ‚ฌ51,5 billion) over the next 12 years. By 2036, the total defense budget will reach 1,624 billion kroner (โ‚ฌ140 billion), the Norwegian government informs.


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โš”๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฏ The Norwegian Army will expand from one to three brigades, of which two will be in northern Norway. A fully equipped Finnmark Brigade is ready by 2032.

๐Ÿ“ฐ The Barents Observer wrote on their website:
Finnmark Brigade will be based at Porsangermoen near Lakselv and Hรธybuktmoen near Kirkenes on the border with Russiaโ€™s heavily militarized Kola Peninsula


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๐Ÿ›ก๏ธโš“โš”๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Norway just released its new massive long term defense spending plan:

Effective doubling in spending by 2036

4,600 more conscripts, 13,700 more reservists and 4,600 more employees

Five new frigates, at least five new submarines, and new class of 10/18 smaller vessels

๐Ÿ”— OSINTtechnical

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๐Ÿ›ก๏ธโš“โš”๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Moving the Norwegian Army from one to three brigades, in the north, central, and south.

Long-range precision firepower, additional combat vehicles, air defence, and helicopters

Home guard will be increased to 45,000 personnel, with increased capabilities.

(Current structure)

๐Ÿ”— OSINTtechnical
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๐Ÿ›ก๏ธโš“โš”๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฏ NORWAY โ€“ โ€œOur Armed Forces will be strengthened with over 20,000 conscripted soldiers, employees, and reservists in total,โ€ says Minister of Defence Bjรธrn Arild Gram.

The spending increase will be roughly 600 billion kroner ($60 billion) over the next 12 years


๐Ÿ“ฐ Norwegian Government Website

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๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ทโš”๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Good news to Romania. South Korean K2 Black Panther will conduct live fire demonstration in Romania before the massive contract.
The tests will begin on the 10th of next month and will be attended by senior military officials, government officials and businesses from South Korea and Romania.

Through this, the contents of the contract for K2 will be specified.
S.Korea and Romania contacted about various areas of weapons business since last year.

Not only land platforms but also various strike and defense missile systems are expected to negotiated.
The K9 artillery, Redback IFV, M-SAM-II missile interceptor and much more will follow along with local support and ToT.

Just as Korea has made a bunch of technology transfer to Turkey, it is considering such an overall technology transfer to Romania in various ways.


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โ€ผ๏ธWW3 Info: The US Navy will partner up with Japan, Philippines & Australia over the weekend for a series of UNUSUAL exercises, including anti-submarine warfare training

"China's claims over the entirety of 
South China Sea on historic grounds were invalid" - The 4 partners reiterated a 2016 int'l arbitration "final ruling"


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โšกNEW โ€“ The Netherlands plans to transfer 24 F-16s to Ukraine. The first deliveries should begin this year , - the country's Minister of Defense

"They will be transferred to Ukraine as soon as everything is ready. This moment depends on the training of Ukrainian pilots and technical personnel, as well as, of course, on the infrastructure...

It's hard, it's difficult, but it will happen. Our coalition hopes that this summer we will be able to begin delivering F-16 fighters, first from Denmark and then from the Netherlands
,โ€ said Ollongren


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NEW โ€“ Serbian president Vucic said that on Monday or Tuesday Belgrade will sign contracts for the purchase of 12 new French-made Dassault Rafale multirole fighters in the โ€œmaximum configuration.โ€

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UKRAINE BATTLEFIELD โ€“ The Ukrainian army has lost less than 10%โ€ of CAESAr howitzer, delivered by France and Denmark, while, at the same time, the loss rate of competing systems amounts to โ€œnearly 30 %

Its ability to leave its position in less than a minute to avoid counter-battery fire is therefore one of its major assets


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The US will deploy ground-based launchers capable of firing US Navy's SM-6 and Tomahawk missiles in the Indo-Pacific region soon to address rising security threats, the Army Pacific commander has said - Yonhap News reported

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Ukrainian president Zelensky pointed out that Ukraine needs 25 sets of Patriot air defense missile systems to effectively defend the country from Russian missile attacks.

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NEW โ€“ Romanian Navy starts exercises in the Black Sea. Lasting 2 weeks, the event will have one distinguished guest after another. About 2200 people came to celebrate. The naval performance will be from the host, while the guests bring the airshow and fireworks๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

๐Ÿ”— Dacian Draco

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โšกโš”๏ธ NEW โ€“ China: An artillery unit of a combined brigade under the 75th Group Army of the PLA conducted a live-fire training exercise recently in Southwest Chinaโ€™s Yunnan Province to test their comprehensive combat capabilities.

๐Ÿ”— Global Times
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