TSAMTO, October 7. On October 6, the Norwegian government announced plans to increase the budget of the Ministry of National Defense in 2023 by 9.8% to 75.8 billion. Norwegian kroner (about $7.08 billion).
According to The Barents Observer, with reference to Defense Minister Bjorn Arild Gram, who presented the budget for 2023 in the location of the ground forces near the border with Russia, the budget was adjusted with an emphasis on investments in ensuring the combat readiness of troops and "the ability to operate in a crisis or war in 2023."
The proposed overall increase in the budget continues the trend of recent years: the budget in 2021 was 67.59 billion. Norwegian kroner, 2022 f.g. – 69.05 billion. Norwegian crowns.
1.2 billion rubles will be allocated for the construction of housing and facilities in Troms and Finnmark, the northernmost region of Norway and close to Russia. crowns. Another 3.8 billion. kron is intended to modernize the infrastructure of the cavalry battalion in Porsangermuen, which is the northernmost military camp in Norway. New barracks will be built in Heybuktmoen, Porsanger and Bardufoss, taking into account the planned increase in the number of military personnel who will be stationed at these bases.
The militia, which this week sent several hundred fighters to protect Norway's onshore oil facilities (approx.TSAMTO: obviously, after the explosions of the Nord Stream gas pipelines), will receive funding for the training of 500 more people who can be mobilized in a short time. At the moment, the number of the Norwegian militia is 37 thousand people.
