Norway's defense minister has said her country's armed forces will be restructured so they can respond faster to what she called increased Russian aggression. Ine Eriksen Soreide said that Russia had recently re-opened military bases in its far north that had been shut down after the cold war, and that there had also been an increase in flights by Russian warplanes close to Norwegian airspace.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
The Guardian: Norway to restructure military in response to Russian ‘aggression’
Russian Tupolev Tu-95 turboprop-powered strategic bombers fly above the Kremlin in Moscow, on May 7, 2014, during a rehearsal of the Victory Day parade.
