Norway selects British-made frigates to beef up maritime defence in $13.5 bln deal [View all]

Source: reuters


By Nora Buli and Terje Solsvik August 31, 2025 6:57 AM CDT Updated 4 hours ago



OSLO, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Norway said on Sunday it had chosen Britain as its strategic partner for the acquisition of new frigates in its biggest ever military investment, in a deal worth some 10 billion pounds ($13.51 billion) to boost the Nordic country's maritime defence.

Germany, France, Britain and the United States had offered rival frigate designs in competition.

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Norway is NATO's monitor for the vast 2 million square kilometres (772,000 square miles) area of the North Atlantic used by the Russian northern fleet's nuclear submarines.


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