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Explore the importance of submarines in maintaining war-preventive thresholds, strategic deterrence, and covert operations. Learn about Norway's submarine capabilities, equipment, manpower, training, and continuous development efforts to ensure reliable and lethal maritime defense.
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Commodore Solveig Krey IntroductionNorwegian Submarine Capability – status and development
Why submarines? • Contributes to maintain a war preventive threshold • Provides strategic deterrence in the maritime domain and reduces the possibility for use of military instruments in a conflict • Able to operate covert, with long endurance and significant firepower • An opponent must spend considerable resources to defend itself against submarines • Norway is a maritime nation with huge maritime areas of interest • Our neighbourhood is relatively dense with submarines…
Equipment Manpower Training Available Reliable Relevant Lethal