ombugge
March 24, 2022, 11:22pm
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Police have released the first image from the scene where a US military plane crashed in Beiarn on Friday night:
The picture is released by the police with the consent of the US military.were large forces involved in the plane crash where four American soldiers lost their lives on Friday.
The soldiers were in Norway in connection with the military exercise Cold Response.
The wreckage is located in a steep and rugged forest terrain in the heart of the Gråtådalen valley. The wreck has spread over an area of 300 meters.
- There is no slide after the plane hit the ground. The clash has been hard, said Chief of Staff Bent-Are Eilertsen in Nordland police district at a press briefing in Bodø on Saturday.
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ombugge
March 24, 2022, 11:28pm
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Norwegian media is not used to the secrecy that is being imposed by the US Military Investigation:
Norwegian and American investigation
Simply explained, it will be the case that US authorities have jurisdiction to investigate, prosecute and reprimand a case if foreign nationals (including US citizens) can be held accountable.
While the Norwegian authorities have jurisdiction to investigate, prosecute and reprimand a case against Norwegian citizens or companies.
Both the American and the Norwegian investigation are expected to be connected, and there will therefore have to be cooperation between the American authorities and the Norwegian police.
Nordland Police District will therefore establish contact with the responsible investigation unit on the American side.
Source: Press release from the police.
ombugge
March 24, 2022, 11:52pm
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Yes there are over 30,000 soldiers from 27 countries, as well as a number of civilian agencies participate in the exercise.
PS> I know he spent some months with the Italians during one of his tours in Afghanistan.
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ombugge
March 26, 2022, 12:26pm
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More on the Antarctic heat wave:
A giant iceberg measuring about the size of Chicago calved from the Conger Ice Shelf in East Antartica this month, representing “virtually all” of what remained of the ice shelf,...
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The temperature of 0F and 70F above normal must refer to “some places on the high plateau”. (Vostok Station??)
From the Australian article:
Last Monday (March 14) air temperatures at the Australian Casey Station reached a maximum of -1.9℃. Two days later, they were more like mid-summer temperatures, reaching a new March maximum of 5.6℃, which will melt ice.two years . In February 2020, Casey hit 9.2℃, followed by a shocking high of 18.3℃ on the Antarctic Peninsula.
PS> Shackleton Ice Shelf and Casey Station are in the same area on the East Antarctic Coast.
The Ukraine war affect the Arctic as well:
Re: Barentsburg:
But life goes on as normal at the Norway/Russia border checkpoint at Storskogen:
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a decree suspending simplified visa rules for a group of citizens from countries that Moscow deems unfriendly, including Norway. Visa-free travel in the border areas up north, however, is for now not...
SAR in the Arctic must be based on cooperation and mutual thrust, no matter what is going on further south;
Even as western nations break off relations with Russia and freeze it out of international forums in the Arctic and elsewhere in response to its invasion of Ukraine, there is at least one area of continued U.S.-Russian cooperation: marine safety on...
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The same applies in the Barents Sea, where Norway and Russia shear a maritime border and responsibility for SAR and oil pollution protection as well as fishery control and protection of recourses:
Norwegian-Russian cooperation on the marine environment – Norsk Polarinstitutt .
The Arctic is hotting up in more ways than one:
Against the backdrop of snow-covered mountains of the Lyngen Alps in northern Norway, a team of commandos soldiers surfacing from a submarine trained landing and raid on the icy shores, as Defense Secretary Ben Wallace presented the UK’s new military...
For the past quarter-century, the Arctic has been a unique zone of cooperation among the eight countries of the high north: Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Russia and the United States. Even when relations between Moscow and the...
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One more with a similar opinion:
U.S. special forces could see a new Arctic-adapted vehicle as soon as early 2023. The MRZR Alpha, an all-terrain vehicle to be used by U.S. Special Operations Command, is being adapted for use in the Arctic with snow tracks and an enclosed, heated...
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$109mil. to develop something that has been in existence for a long time?:
The Norwegian Army has 100 of these Bandvagn 206 ( Bv 206 ) that has been in storage for 15 years;
They are tried and tested in Arctic conditions;
US Marines in a Norwegian Bv 206 traveling through snow
And can be transported by helicopter;
Maybe they could give a good price offer?
Ships of Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 sail in formation in Geiranger Fjord, Norway on March 9, 2022 during Exercise Cold Response. (NATO)
PS> Usually it is a a flotilla of Cruise ships that sail in this fjord
Up until February 24, 2022, a primary U.S. policy objective for the Arctic was to sustain the status quo. Despite the flurry of Arctic strategies from U.S. agencies in recent years, in practice, regional policy tended towards preserving business as...
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On the other side they are talking tough too
Let’s hope it stays at the “talk tough” level.
