Noruega reforça poder aéreo no norte do país

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Noruega reforça poder aéreo no norte do país
« em: Agosto 22, 2007, 11:38:40 am »
as pretensas ambições russas de Putin já levam um membro da OTAN (a seguir ao canada) a reforçar a sua segurança...

 Norway Boosts AF Presence at Northern Air Base
By GERARD O’DWYER


Heightened security concerns driven by increased Russian Air Force activity has prompted Norway’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) to order the Air Force to deploy additional F-16 fighters to Bodoe, Norway’s most northern strategic military air base.
The MoD reported on Aug. 17 that Norwegian F-16s were scrambled from Bodoe to track and monitor an exercise involving Tupolev 95 bombers out of air bases located on the Kola Peninsula.
“Our F-16s spent 10 hours in the air monitoring the Tupolev 95s off the Norwegian coast. It is the first time since the end of the Cold War that Russian military activity in the north has been at this high a level,” said Per Egil Rygg, Bodoe Air Base’s wing commander. .
The MoD described its action as “precautionary,” adding that no Russian military aircraft has violated Norwegian airspace.
“It is important to remember that although there has been an increase in military activity by Russia’s Air Force, we have been kept informed about all exercises. We have sent more aircraft to Bodoe air base, but this is more a cautionary move than anything else,” said Espen Barth Eide, MoD undersecretary of state.