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Royal Noiwegian Navy and Maritime Forces Oveiview • ARMED FORCES Royal NoiWegian Navy and Maritime Forces OveiView Bob Nugent Norway is a maritime nation with economic and security interests covering extensive ocean areas within its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The country's sea services, made up of the Royal NorwegianNavy (RNoN) and the Coast Guard (RNCG), are responsible for protecting the country'smaritime sovereignty, territory and national interests at sea. The principal task of the RNoN is to acquire, train and operate naval forces and to make maritime capabilities available in readiness for operational deployment in peacetime, crisis and war, nationally and internationally. orway depends on the ocean, both as homeland defence mission, since NATO between Russia and many NATO nations N a source of economic wealth and as planning would require most military re­ highlight the security issues that drive Nor­ medium for moving imports and exports. inforcements and equipment to transit to way's continuing focus on protecting its Accordingly, Norway's sea services main- Norway by sea. northern region. In peacetime, the RNoN and Coast Guard are responsible for patrolling the nation's large and critically important EEZ. In ad­ dition, as a result of the Schengen Treaty, Norway is responsible for enforcing ex­ ternal border controls along its land and sea frontier with Russia on behalf of all the Schengen countries. Norway's emphasis on participation in in­ ternational peace support operations re­ quires the RNoN to maintain ships capable of deploying to international crises any­ where in the world. This in turn requires the Navy to prepare its deployable assets for operations in a generic multi-threat environment. In order to fulfil its national, NATO and other mission obligations, the RNoN has the following tasks: • Intelligence collection and surveillance in Norway's maritime approaches, pri­ marily the North Cape area; • Sea control operations in Norway's coastal waters; • Protection of' Norway's sea lanes of The six ULA Class submarines of the RNoN are expected to be replaced communication (SLOC); by four Type 212CDs from 2025. • Exercise of national sovereignty at sea; • Defensive operations to repel any tain sea and air platforms that defend its The RNoN retains the mission and trains sea-borne invasion of Norwegian ter­ offshore economic resources and its vital and equips for coastal defence and anti­ ritory; sea lanes of communication (SLOC). SLOC invasion. While less prominent than during • Participation in international naval forc­ protection is a necessary component of its the Cold War, the sea services' responsibil­ es, under UN or NATO auspices in times ity to prevent and responding to territorial of peace, crisis, and war. incursions in its northern regions has seen As part of the Navy, the RNCG has the fol­ renewed focus in the current security en­ lowing duties: Bob Nugent is a Virginia-based vironment. Russia's occupation of eastern • General surveillance and control of the Affiliate Consultant for AMI Inter­ Ukraine, the continuing robust naval and continental shelf, the EEZ, and in the national Bremerton, WA. USA. military capability present in Russia's north­ fisheries zones around Svalbard and Jan ern region, and ongoing political tensions Mayen islands; 26 European Security & Defence· August 2017 I The Coast Guard is operated by the RNoN. It employs some 800 civilian and regular Navy personnel and is organised into two squadrons. It has its main base at Sort­ land in North Norway. The Logistics Base at Ramsund provides logistics support for vessels that operate in the northern part of Norway and support the Naval Special Operations Forces in their training. RNCG vessels are given the prefix "KV" (Kystvakt (Coast Guard) in Norwegian) and "NoCGV" (Norwegian Coast Guard Ves­ sel) in English (NATO). Coast Guard ships are painted similarly to RNoN shipping, with the addition of "KYSTVAKT" painted amidships on the hull. The RNCG operates fifteen ships and craft, including: The six SKJOLD Class FAC were built by Kvaerner/Umoe Manda/ incorpo­ Twelve offshore patrol vessels (OPV): rating the SEN IT 2000 combat management system as a joint develop­ • Three NORDKAPP Class; ment of DCNS (now Naval Group) and Kongsberg. • Three BARENTSHAV Class; • One SVALBARD Class; • Fisheries protection operations; also assigned the tasks of education, train­ • Five NOMEN class. • Support for civilian maritime activities, ing and exercises. A detachment of naval Three patrol boats, including: including weather reporting and search helicopters is stationed at Haakonsvern to • One HARSTAD Class; and rescue operations; support the frigates and Coast Guard op­ • One ALESUND Class. • Environmental protection operations; erations in Southern Norway. • One REINE Class. • Humanitarian and disaster relief opera­ The RNoN consists of 60 ships and craft, The Coast Guard is supported by a squad­ tions. including: ron of six LYNX Mk86 helicopters from the • Six ULA Class diesel-powered attack RNoAF; however, this squadron is expected Maritime Forces Organisa­ submarines (SSK); to be replaced by six NH-90 helicopters. Al­ • tion, Composition and Dispo­ Five FRIDTJOF NANSEN class frigates; so, two P-3B ORION aircraft are earmarked • sition Six SKJOLD Class Fast Attack Craft for Coast Guard duty under the cognisance (FAC); of the Air Force. RNoN ships are identified under the NATO • One HARSTAD Class (OSC). The Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service (English) prefix HNoMS (His/Her Norwegian • Six mine countermeasures vessels (MC­ (Marinens Flyvevesen (RNNAS)) is the na­ Majesty's Ship). In Norwegian, vessels are MV): val air arm of the RNoN. Operationally, identified by the ship prefix KNM (Kongelig • Three OK SOY Class coastal minehunters it is part of the sea service; however, it is Norske Marine (Royal Norwegian Navy). (MHC). administratively a component of the Air The Navy consists of the Coastal Squadron, • Three ALTA class coastal minesweepers Force (RNoAF). The �NNAS operates the the Coast Guard and the academies. The (MSC). Augusta-Westland NH-90 naval helicopter. Coastal Squadron is the Navy's operational • Sixteen Combatboat 90N type landing The RNoAF operates 119 maritime-capable force at sea and on land. The Coast Guard craft, assault (LCA). fixed and rotary-wing aircraft, including in peacetime is the Government's primary • Twenty auxiliary and support ships and one squadron of P-3C ORION maritime authority at sea and the armed forces' most craft. patrol aircraft. important resource for handling incidents in the Norwegian territorial waters. The RNoN has 4,350 personnel. The Coast Guard is operated by the RNoN and is organised into two squadrons with a main base at Sortland in North Norway. The Logistics Base at Ramsund provides lo­ gistics support for vessels that operate in the northern part of Norway and support the Naval Special Operations Forces in their training. The Inspector General, Royal Norwegian Navy, supported by the Naval Staff, is re­ sponsible for force production. The Inspec­ tor General is based in Haakonsvern Naval Base in Bergen, which is the Norwegian The five FRIDTJOF NANSEN Class AEGIS frigates were ordered from Navy's main naval base. The RNoN's vessels Spanish shipbuilder Bazan (now Navantia) and have been in RNoN are stationed at Bergen, and the base is service since 2011. 28 European Security & Defence· August 2017 I • ARM ED FORCES / Budgets and Sources • Sonars, through its sister company, New Submarine Programme of Military and Naval Kongsberg Maritime AS. Equipment • Maritime simulation systems supplied by Norway's largest naval procurement pro­ Kongsberg Maritime. gramme is the replacement for the six ULA AMI estimates the Norwegian Armed Class submarines. The ULA Class will start Forces (Forsvaret (..Defence" (NAF)) 2017 Procurement Strategy leaving �ervice in 2022, with one hull de­ expenditures will exceed US$6.1 Bn, one of commissioned each year after that. the highest budgets in Europe. Norway is Norway's geographic location, member­ In September 2014, the RNoN reportedly working to build its Arctic defence and in­ ship in the European Union, NATO and considered joining Sweden and the Neth­ crease manpower as it focuses on its High other international bodies, as well as budg­ erlands in a joint submarine project. In North defences in response to the changing et and other constraints all influence Nor­ January 2015, Saab and Damen teamed to security environment in the region. Norway way's efforts to cooperate with other na­ replace the Royal Netherland Navy's (RNLN) has committed to adding US$19.6Bn to its tions on defence procurement. A strategy WALRUS Class, making it even more plausi­ defence budget over the next 20 years. of cooperative defence procurement also ble for the RNoN's replacement submarine AMI estimates the RNoN will receive ap­ supports Norwegian companies exporting programme to reduce costs and bring a proximately 22% of the overall NAF de­ defence goods and services. mature design into service with a tri-coun­ fence expenditure in 2017-22. This amounts Each year, Norway's Defence Long Term try programme based on the Swedish A26. to about US$1.4Bn annually, with some Plan - Materiel publishes an unclassified By September 2015, the RNoN had report­ 21% (or about US$281M) designated for overview of long-term materiel require­ edly held discussions with the Polish Navy the procurement of new platforms, systems ments. This publication does not examine regarding possible participation in the Pro­ and equipment. each planned project in detail but creates ject ORKA programme to acquire three Although the Royal Norwegian Coast Guard (RNCG) is subordinate to the RNoN, it is the recipient of its own funding stream from the MoD, assessed at about 2.6% of the overall NAF budget or US$157M in 2017. Like the other branches of the Forsvaret. the RNCG appropriates approximately 22% (or US$35M) of its allocation toward procure­ ments. From 2011 through 2016, Norway im­ ported an estimated US$1.2Bn in military equipment from foreign suppliers (about $US1.0Bn less than from 2008 - 2013).
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