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COPENHAGEN, March 24 (Reuters) – From Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark Military Weather Force commanders said on Friday that to combat the growing threat from Russia unit Nordic weather signed a letter about the intention to create a defense system.
According to statements by the armed forces of the four countries, the objective NATO is to act jointly on the basis of already known methods of operation.
Denmark Military Weather commander of the forces, general– Major Jan Dam told Reuters that the step towards the integration of the air force was related to Russia’s intervention in Ukraine last February.
Dam said, “Our combined fleet is a great one Europe can be compared with his country,” he said.
57 F-16 combats in Norway plane and 37 F-35 fighters, with 15 more of the latter on order. 62 F/A-18 Hornets on order in Finland plane and 64 F-35s, while Denmark has 58 F-16s and 27 F-35s on order. More than 90 Gripens in Sweden plane there is
It was not known how many of those planes were operational.
Ramstein in Germany last week Military At the signing ceremony held at the Air Base NATO Head of the Air Command general James Hecker participated, he is also in the region USA It also controls the Air Force.
Sweden and Finland applied to join the Transatlantic military alliance last year. However, this process with Hungary has not yet ratified the membership Turkey kept.
Nordic air force commanders first discussed closer cooperation at a meeting in Sweden in November.
“We would like to see if we can integrate our airspace surveillance more so that we can use radar data from each other’s surveillance systems and use them collectively,” Dam said. “We don’t do that today.”
Reporting by Johannes Birkebaek and Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen; Supplement by Terje Solsvik, Niklas Pollard and Anne Kauranen report; Edited by Nick Macfie
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2023-03-25 03:40:41
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