Three hundred U.S. Marines arrived in Norway on Monday for a six-month deployment angering their Arctic neighbour Russia. This is the first time since World War Two that foreign troops have been allowed to be stationed there. Before Norway joined NATO in 1949, it allayed Russian fears by pledging not to open its territory to foreign combat troops “as long as it is not under attack or threat of attack.” The deployment comes just one week after thousands of US troops arrived in Poland to “support NATO’s Anti-Russian buildup” across Eastern Europe. The US has had large quantities of military materiel pre-positioned in tunnels dug into Norway’s mountains, but until now, there were no troops. RT reports: The agreement for stationing the American troops will last for at least a year. The contingent that has come this week will be rotated in six months. The Marines will be hosted at the Vaernes base of the Norwegian Home Guards near Trondheim, Norway’s third-largest city. The stated goal of the mission is to train the US troops in Arctic warfare. “For the first four weeks they will have basic winter training, learn how to cope with skis and to survive in the [...]
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