Norway is most likely choosing the South Korean Chunmoo for this, not HIMARS.
From the article below (my translation):
"Buying American has the limit that upgrades are difficult. ... The South Korean Chunmoo is not just a comparable product, but a system with development potential."
There's also the issue on how much the US can be trusted when Hegseth can pull intelligence sharing and upgrades at a whim, and the delivery challenges that plague US manufacturing. We want these systems now, not in 2036.
DN is a major Norwegian business newspaper with good connections to the military, this is probably a planted leak to prepare the Americans for the loss of the contract.
Exquisite food to nourish vlad putin’s aleady flourishing paranoïa. In his nightmares he sees more and more waves of european troops invading his crumbling “empire”. Lol. Gonna drive him close to sheer wild madness. Could he strike with nukes first ?
Fascinating to read a non-Norwegian analysis of this, but I think you do it exactly as the Norwegian military and politicians are thinking. (And yes our defense minister is Tore Sandvik but he doesn’t have to pound the table to get that money from ex general secretary Stoltenberg now finance minister. Neither will any in the opposition parties raise any objections.) Regarding the buy in win US systems, that isn’t popular, but I think unavoidable. (Israeli systems would be a suicidal proposal for oh so many reasons.) But here is the thing. We distinguish between Trump and US. While we see some development in US as unavoidable, like a stronger focus on the Pacific, less interest in Europe, more interest in internal issues and less world police man etc (but I think you underestimate the benefits of being world policeman) etc we believe that another administration might at least respect us as paying customers. We want a positive relationship. We don’t want the break up, and if it happens it should at least be amicable. And you have things we need. Until the Germans put their shit together on this.
it looks like the kremlin made a grevious mistake in invading ukraine, it has instead opened a hornets nest in the process
Yes. In the Nordics it sent Finland and Sweden into NATO. Disastrous for Russia. But then again Putin doesn’t think that way.
Excellent and timely analysis as always.
Norway is most likely choosing the South Korean Chunmoo for this, not HIMARS.
From the article below (my translation):
"Buying American has the limit that upgrades are difficult. ... The South Korean Chunmoo is not just a comparable product, but a system with development potential."
There's also the issue on how much the US can be trusted when Hegseth can pull intelligence sharing and upgrades at a whim, and the delivery challenges that plague US manufacturing. We want these systems now, not in 2036.
https://www.dn.no/kommentar/forsvaret/langtrekkende-presisjonsild/sor-korea/sor-korea-treffer-blink-med-flere-hundre-missiler/2-1-1915111
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DN is a major Norwegian business newspaper with good connections to the military, this is probably a planted leak to prepare the Americans for the loss of the contract.
Exquisite food to nourish vlad putin’s aleady flourishing paranoïa. In his nightmares he sees more and more waves of european troops invading his crumbling “empire”. Lol. Gonna drive him close to sheer wild madness. Could he strike with nukes first ?
Fascinating to read a non-Norwegian analysis of this, but I think you do it exactly as the Norwegian military and politicians are thinking. (And yes our defense minister is Tore Sandvik but he doesn’t have to pound the table to get that money from ex general secretary Stoltenberg now finance minister. Neither will any in the opposition parties raise any objections.) Regarding the buy in win US systems, that isn’t popular, but I think unavoidable. (Israeli systems would be a suicidal proposal for oh so many reasons.) But here is the thing. We distinguish between Trump and US. While we see some development in US as unavoidable, like a stronger focus on the Pacific, less interest in Europe, more interest in internal issues and less world police man etc (but I think you underestimate the benefits of being world policeman) etc we believe that another administration might at least respect us as paying customers. We want a positive relationship. We don’t want the break up, and if it happens it should at least be amicable. And you have things we need. Until the Germans put their shit together on this.
For Norway, read NATO.
Or license one of Ukraine’s domestic missiles?