WikipediaOSLO (Reuters) – Norway plans to order five Boeing Co P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol planes to maintain its surveillance capacity and meet future security challenges, the NATO country’s Defence Ministry said.
Following an agreement in Norway’s parliament to boost long-term military spending, the 9.83 billion Norwegian crowns ($1.15 billion) purchase will likely face only minor political opposition.
Norway’s long maritime border with neighboring Russia has become a renewed focus for the country’s military planners following the Russian annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea region. Norway’s territorial waters also stretch far into the Arctic.
Neighboring Sweden and Finland, which are not in the NATO alliance, have …read more
Source: Business Insider
