Norway chose Britain as its strategic partner for the acquisition of new frigates in its biggest-ever military investment in a deal worth about $13.51 billion.

Norway chose Britain as its strategic partner for the acquisition of new frigates in its biggest-ever military investment in a deal worth about $13.51 billion.

A key mission for the frigates will be to monitor Russian submarines, whose base is in the Arctic bordering Norway.

L’Allemagne et les Etats-Unis étaient en lice pour la fourniture de cinq ou six navires, un contrat estimé à plus de 8,5 milliards d’euros. Identiques à celles fournies à la Royal…

The Type 26 frigates will be monitoring Russian submarines in the Arctic

The Norwegian government today announced it would purchase at least five of the new Type 26 frigates, in the biggest export deal of British naval hardware in history.

MoD says agreement will support 4,000 jobs and ‘significantly strengthen Nato’s northern flank’

The government says the agreement will support thousands of jobs, including more than 2,000 in Scotland.

Ein Milliardenauftrag geht an Deutschland vorbei: Oslo kauft Kriegsschiffe aus Großbritannien. Sogar im Land selbst ist die Entscheidung umstritten.