Why Are The Russians Using A Former Secret Norwegian Submarine Base?

An image of the inside of the base from Olavsvern's website. olavsvern.no

Elisabeth Braw, Newsweek: The Secret Norwegian Submarine Base Being Rented by the Russians



Norway is ruing the day it sold off a key submarine base near the Russian border and now, with President Putin flexing his muscles in the region, there is growing alarm among Nato chiefs that the west has left itself woefully unprotected.


Only six years ago, Norwegian politicians decided that Russia no longer posed a significant threat and that it was time to sell its top secret base called Olavsvern, which was hewn into a mountain and equipped with the most sophisticated electronics available. It’s located near the small town of Ramfjord near Norway’s border with Russia.



WNU Editor: I doubt that the Russians are going to send their submarines to the base .... but as a port of call for intelligence and/or other ships .... a blessing. As to the mindset of the Norwegian authorities who OK'd the deal .... I can only imagine.