To hangarskipsgrupper seiler utenfor norskekysten nå - The Barents Observer

 

Thomas Nilsen

20 October 2024 - 09:44

The US Navy aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman came north via the English Channel and teamed up with the UK Carrier HMS Prince of Wales outside Scotland. 

The two powerful warships are escorted by numerous warships and support vessels, the Royal Navy informs.

Sailing outside Norway, the two NATO carrier groups is currently training training with the Norwegian Armed Forces in an exercise named Strike Warrior 2024.

“The ability of Norway and the Armed Forces to receive allies is crucial for the defence of Norway and the Nordic region," says Vice Admiral Rune Andersen, Chief of the Norwegian Joint Headquarters (NJHQ) in a statement.

Defending Norway to a large extent depends on reinforcement by NATO allies and maritime security along the Nordic country's coastline from the United Kingdom in the south to the maritime border areas with Russia up north in the Barents Sea.

"The USA clearly shows that they will stand with their allies," says Andersen and underlines that "stability in the northern areas is also important to them."

The Armed Forces do not reveal how far north the carrier groups will sail. In February this year, the HMS Prince of Wales went all north to the Lofoten area inside the Arctic Circle as part of the winter exercise Nordic Response.

Norway's largest naval vessel, the logistic support ship KNM Maud, will after the current joint exercise continue to sail together with the UK carrier strike group to the Indo-Pacific region.  

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