The number of British troops in Norway will double as part of efforts to bolster defences in the high north against Russia. British defence secretary John Healey promised during a visit to Royal Marines at Camp Viking in the Norwegian Arctic, to increase the number of troops deployed to the country from 1,000 to 2,000 over three years. Healey said: “Demands on defence are rising, and Russia poses the greatest threat to Arctic and high north security that we have seen since the cold war. We see Putin rapidly re-establishing military presence in the region, including reopening old cold war bases.” The UK will also commit UK forces to Nato’s Arctic Sentry mission, the alliance’
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