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Nordic nations embrace total defense as the risk of sabotage and war rises
- Nordic nations are embracing total defense amid rising sabotage risks and security concerns near Russia as of 2025.
- This shift follows Russia's invasion of Ukraine and increased Moscow-led sabotage, arson, and cyberattacks across Europe.
- Kongsberg, Norway, home to a major weapons manufacturer supplying Ukraine, is preparing by upgrading shelters, satellite systems, and military coordination.
- Norway’s Defense Minister Tore O. Sandvik highlighted that sabotage has emerged as a significant threat at a level not witnessed since World War II.
- These developments imply a heightened regional readiness and a renewed focus on civil defense measures, including shelter construction and community service obligations.
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Norwegian Town That Resisted Nazis Now Prepares for Modern War
In 1944, Norwegian resistance fighters in the town of Kongsberg blew up a factory making cannons for occupying Nazi German forces during World War II. More than 80 years later, the municipality could once again be a target for sabotage and is preparing for war. The local authorities have dusted off Cold War-era bomb shelters, installed a new satellite communications system and are working with the military on plans to help a deployment of Wester…
Nordic Nations Embrace Total Defense as the Risk of Sabotage and War Rises
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Nordic nations embrace total defense as the risk of sabotage and war rises
The Nordic nations are embracing the concept of total defense, mobilizing the whole of society to defend against military and non-military threats, including asking ordinary people to have enough food and water stored for seven days.
Norway and other countries of northern Europe are serious. In response to increasing suspicions of sabotage and hybrid warfare on the part of Russia, they rely on civil protection - and for this they are expanding the preventive infrastructure.
EU leaders in Norway – want increased defense cooperation STORTINGET, OSLO (Nettavisen): Ukraine has been a wake-up call. We must stop being naive, and all of Europe must stand together to strengthen defense capabilities. That was, in short, the message from EU parliamentarian Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann in Oslo on Wednesday. She is in Norway as chair of the EU Parliament's Security and Defense Committee. At the head of a delegation with comm…
In 1944, Norwegian resistance fighters in the city of Kongsberg blew up a factory that produced cannons for the occupying German Nazi forces during World War II.
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