A British warship departed for Norway on Monday to take part in NATO war exercises, as Norway's security chief told Reuters that the country's oil and gas installations were at risk of attack by Russia
A British warship departed for Norway on Monday to take part in NATO war exercises, as Norway’s security chief told Reuters that the country’s oil and gas installations were at risk of attack by Russia. 'I am concerned about dependency, and there is no doubt that Europe has become more dependent on Norwegian gas,' Lars Christian Aamodt, head of the National Security Authority, told Reuters. 'As soon as the dependency increases, so will the threat and the risk,' he said.
Norway remains a key potential target for Moscow since it surpassed Russia in 2022 as the biggest supplier of energy to Europe. Norway’s efforts to further enhance security offshore come amid consistently rising tensions between Russia and NATO. On Monday, Moscow reportedly deployed two nuclear-capable missile carriers over the Norwegian Sea, with NATO responding by scrambling jets.