– All of the events within the Storting agree on a long-term plan for the Defence, NTB is informed.
The settlement shall be offered at a press convention within the strolling corridor on the Storting at 4.30 pm with all of the events which have members within the Storting’s international affairs and protection committee: Ap, H, SP, Frp, SV, Rødt, Venstre, MDG and KrF.
The federal government offered its case proposal for a long-term plan in April. They proposed spending a complete of NOK 1,624 billion on protection till 2036.
Over your complete interval, there may be speak of an additional NOK 600 billion in comparison with final 12 months’s finances.
The plan that the federal government outlined has now gone by negotiations, and it’s scheduled to be adopted within the Storting on 11 June.
The federal government has been clear that they needed a broad settlement on the plans.
The proposal to the federal government contained, amongst different issues, the next initiatives:
* A minimal of 5 new frigates with anti-submarine helicopters and a minimal of 5 submarines. A standardized vessel class with as much as 10 giant and 18 smaller vessels shall be developed and purchased.
* The military is to be elevated from one to a few brigades.
* Doubling the NASAMS capability to eight batteries for the Air Pressure and the Military.
The federal government additionally needed to strengthen the Armed Forces with over 20,000 conscripts, staff and reservists in whole. The House Guard is elevated to 45,000.
The ultimate plan, following the adjustments which have entered into the negotiations, shall be offered on the press convention.
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