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2017-07-11 Europe

Miscellaneous Norwegian Defense Chief in classified report: The Armed Forces can not defend the country

[Speisa] In a crisis or war, the Armed Forces will collapse in a short time, says Defense Chief Haakon Bruun-Hanssen.

It is evident from a report that the newspaper Klassekampen has gained access to.

The report, entitled "Defense Chief Performance and Control Report for 2016", is marked confidential, and includes the Chief of Defense's assessment by the end of last year.

According to the report, central parts of the Armed Forces are "poorly manned and of low perseverance" and will therefore collapse in a short time in case of a crisis or war, writes Klassekampen.

The preparedness of the Army, the Air Force, the Home Guard, the Cyber Defense, the Armed Forces and the Armed Forces logistics organization are considered to be "unsatisfactory."

The Armed Forces' operational ability is considered "less good", while the special forces (Telemark Battalion) is the only part of the defense that is graded "good", writes Klassekampen.

Posted by Anomalous Sources 2017-07-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11139 views ] Top

#1 Thank goodness this is ONE European country we're not responsible for.

Posted by Herb McCoy7309 2017-07-11 02:22|| 2017-07-11 02:22|| Front Page Top

#2 Oh wait, it's Sweden that's not in NATO. Disregard.

Posted by Herb McCoy7309 2017-07-11 02:22|| 2017-07-11 02:22|| Front Page Top

#3 Norwegians have a male Defense Chief? How backward!

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-07-11 03:57|| 2017-07-11 03:57|| Front Page Top

#4 The weren't ready the last time around either.

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-07-11 07:44|| 2017-07-11 07:44|| Front Page Top

#5 Guns or butter.

Posted by Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2017-07-11 07:48|| 2017-07-11 07:48|| Front Page Top

#6 They never really have been, as armies have proved time and time again.

Posted by DarthVader 2017-07-11 07:52|| 2017-07-11 07:52|| Front Page Top

#7 Norway back in the day gained independence from Sweden and made it stick. Against an airborne or seaborne attack their geography turns from an advantage to a fatal flaw -- like the Greeks they can be carved into bite sized junks at the attacker's pleasure.
The takeaway: their governing elite has spent all of that North Sea Oil money on bread and circuses...

Posted by magpie 2017-07-11 10:02|| 2017-07-11 10:02|| Front Page Top

#8 Why does the Norwegian Navy have bar codes on it's ships? So when the go in to port, they can scandanavian.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2017-07-11 10:22|| 2017-07-11 10:22|| Front Page Top

#9 Go to your room, DB.

Posted by Pappy 2017-07-11 10:34|| 2017-07-11 10:34|| Front Page Top

#10 Magiepie a good chunk of that money is in a sovereign we already fund, they got that part right.

Posted by Shipman 2017-07-11 14:18|| 2017-07-11 14:18|| Front Page Top

#11 Folks doubting the intestinal fortitude of the Norwegian soldier have perhaps forgotten the 5th SS Viking Panzer Division. What has happened since then? Western Socialists don't much care for national preservation these days

Posted by Rex Mundi 2017-07-11 19:49|| 2017-07-11 19:49|| Front Page Top

#12 ...The Norwegian armed forces aren't supposed to defend the country. They're intended to show just enough manpower to make sure the Americans defend Norway.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2017-07-11 20:52|| 2017-07-11 20:52|| Front Page Top

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