Nordic nations embrace total defense as the risk of sabotage and war rises

Norwegian Town That Resisted Nazis Now Prepares for Modern War

In 1944, Norwegian resistance fighters in the town of Kongsberg blew up a factory making cannons for occupying Nazi German forces during World War II. More than 80 years later, the municipality could once again be a target for sabotage and is preparing for war. The local authorities have dusted off Cold War-era bomb shelters, installed a new satellite communications system and are working with the military on plans to help a deployment of Wester…

Nordic Nations Embrace Total Defense as the Risk of Sabotage and War Rises

Nordic nations embrace total defense as the risk of sabotage and war rises

The Nordic nations are embracing the concept of total defense, mobilizing the whole of society to defend against military and non-military threats, including asking ordinary people to have enough food and water stored for seven days.

Norway and other countries of northern Europe are serious. In response to increasing suspicions of sabotage and hybrid warfare on the part of Russia, they rely on civil protection - and for this they are expanding the preventive infrastructure.

EU leaders in Norway – want increased defense cooperation STORTINGET, OSLO (Nettavisen): Ukraine has been a wake-up call. We must stop being naive, and all of Europe must stand together to strengthen defense capabilities. That was, in short, the message from EU parliamentarian Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann in Oslo on Wednesday. She is in Norway as chair of the EU Parliament's Security and Defense Committee. At the head of a delegation with comm…

In 1944, Norwegian resistance fighters in the city of Kongsberg blew up a factory that produced cannons for the occupying German Nazi forces during World War II.