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Anon · 03-20-2005, 14:11 PM

Norway?

Are you kidding me?

The entire Country is in range of just about every serious weapons system the Russians have.

I'd be surprised if the Russians didn't take Northern Norway within days of any commencement of hostilities(and they'd need to, cause they couldn't win without it, but would probably lose badly without it).

Norway would be one of their highest priority targets.

Almost every fighter type the Russians have can deny air ops over Northern Norway from Russian territory.

In case of war N.Norway would be SU-27 central.

Iceland is a much safer bet for NATO fighters operating in the upper N.Atlantic and Arctic TO's. Iceland is also in a perfect location to deny air transit to the N.Atlantic(which is exactly why there's been a wing of F-15Cs there for decades)...lanes the Russians would need to use to attack NATO shipping.

03-20-2005, 14:11 PM	#41 (permalink)
Anon New Member Join Date: 08-03-03 Posts: 0	Norway? Are you kidding me? The entire Country is in range of just about every serious weapons system the Russians have. I'd be surprised if the Russians didn't take Northern Norway within days of any commencement of hostilities(and they'd need to, cause they couldn't win without it, but would probably lose badly without it). Norway would be one of their highest priority targets. Almost every fighter type the Russians have can deny air ops over Northern Norway from Russian territory. In case of war N.Norway would be SU-27 central. Iceland is a much safer bet for NATO fighters operating in the upper N.Atlantic and Arctic TO's. Iceland is also in a perfect location to deny air transit to the N.Atlantic(which is exactly why there's been a wing of F-15Cs there for decades)...lanes the Russians would need to use to attack NATO shipping. Last edited by Anon : 03-20-2005 at 14:16 PM.