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[Norge Stronk]

 

[Spectre]

Pretty pictures.. Too bad they eat my bandwidth for breakfast.

 

[Norge Stronk]

Pretty pictures.. Too bad they eat my bandwidth for breakfast.

The fun thing is that the pics are downsized. The original files are too large for PDF to handle.

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Danes supporting Operation Ocean Shield.

Pretty pictures.

Thanks! Some of the pics in the thread are photos I took.

I think there might even be one or two pics of me in this thread as well. Not sure though.

 

[Norge Stronk]

One interesting thing about the Sindre II radars you ask?

They can actually be retracted into subterranean caves!

The Sindre II augment other long-range radars like Globus II, which is a smaller version of the American SBX-1 and has a range greater then 7000km.

The Globus II radar dish is 27 meters across and is capable of tracking all classes of airborne targets ranging from small, nimble fighters to heavy bombers and even space debris and satellites.

The Norwegian countryside is dotted with similar platforms.

This includes non-traditional arrays like VLF radars.

 

[Norge Stronk]

Bombs and bullets get all the headlines, but Norway is rapidly increasing its cyber defense and offensive capabilities as well, adding to what was already a very strong aspect of our national defense. In addition to a plethora of small satellites, Norway is increasing its use and capability with terrestrial cyber warfare platforms.

 

[Norge Stronk]

Cyber capabilities are not just proliferating at a strategic national defense level, but are developing at the lowest levels of the Norwegian military.

One great thing about living this far North is that sometimes it can be a real pain in the *ss to locate defense assets.

Can anyone locate the EW system in this photo?

 

[Norge Stronk]

 

[Norge Stronk]

Air strike incoming!!! Hehe, I wish. The C-130's cavernous cargo hold would make it a ruthless low-level strike aircraft. Needs more griffin.

 

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[Blue Marlin]

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Danes supporting Operation Ocean Shield.

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Thanks! Some of the pics in the thread are photos I took.

I think there might even be one or two pics of me in this thread as well. Not sure though.

i never knew you guys had westland lynx's

 

[Norge Stronk]

i never knew you guys had westland lynx's

Denmark still operates the Lynx, but ours have been retired with the induction of the NH90 (AW101 replaced Sea King).

Apart from the AW101 and NH90, the other helicopter type in service with Norway is the 412 SP.

 

[Vergennes]

i never knew you guys had westland lynx's

Denmark still operates the Lynx, but ours have been retired with the induction of the NH90 (AW101 replaced Sea King).

The danes are also replacing their Lynx helicopters with MH-60R Seahawks. (9 bought)

 

[Norge Stronk]

The danes are also replacing their Lynx helicopters with MH-60R Seahawks. (9 bought)

This is true. They're already received them, but still retain Lynx.

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I did a bit on the standard loadout for an HV or Norwegian Army HK416 - https://defence.pk/threads/heckler-...french-armys-famas.451106/page-2#post-8723538

EOD techs get access to some pretty sweet gear.

And this is just their primary!

Big difference in shape between a traditional MRAP and an IED countermeasures version.

The antennae on each vehicle are a mix of secure communications and IED jammers.

 

[Dirtdiver]

I've always admired the Nordic people the Swedes in particular. Guess their military doesn't fall behind. Any chances of Nordic Foreign Legion

 

[Norge Stronk]

Any chances of Nordic Foreign Legion

Too costly for the individual nations to support. Norway is downsizing its military and making it leaner, better equipped and better trained. It's also downsizing its special operations forces and folding KJK into existing units like FSK and MJK, so standing up another specialized unit like a Foreign Legion isn't in the cards right now. We've also no foreign interests that'd mandate the necessity of such a unit.

Our overseas territories are all in Antarctic or the Southern Atlantic, not exactly prime locations for strife or foreign invasion:

Sweden has even less concerns, and so to does Finland - unlike Sweden, Finland also lacks a large immigrant or foreign population that could man a Foreign Legion. Both nations are largely concerned with Russia as their primary interest, not overseas territories.

Denmark has the added bonus of Canada being an irritant of Hans Island, and it also counts Greenland as a dependent territory, but Danish troops already provide Greenland's defense:

France has a Foreign Legion partially because of its large immigrant population and partially because of overseas concerns, mainly in North and Central Africa, but the Nordic nations largely don't have either and the usefulness of a Foreign Legion is suspect as a result.

Maybe as a unified block, but no such political realities exist at the moment.