ID | 111123 |
Title Proper | Alliance naval strategies and Norway in the final years of the cold war |
Language | ENG |
Author | Borreson, Jacob |
Publication | 2011. |
Summary / Abstract (Note) | F or those of us who served in the Norwegian armed forces, especially in northern Norway, the 1980s were exciting times. Norway seemed to be the focus of American and NATO attention. There was a continuous flow of high-ranking visitors to Defence Command North Norway (DEFCOMNON), from the staffs of Allied Command Europe (ACE) and Atlantic (ACLANT). 1 Every year thousands of allied soldiers, hundreds of aircraft, and dozens of ships arrived in the area to conduct advanced training and complex exercises. High points were the deployments of U.S. Navy aircraft carriers, elements of Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic's (SACLANT's) Striking Fleet Atlantic, into northern Norwegian coastal waters in Vestfjorden, outside Bodø: in 1985, USS America (CV 66) and, in 1987, USS Forrestal (CV 59) in Exercise OCEAN SAFARI; in 1988, USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) and Forrestal in TEAMWORK; and in 1989, America in NORTH STAR. 2 We were witnessing, and took part in, what later turned out to be the culmination of the Cold War-the period of tension that eventually led to the collapse of the Soviet Union. Norway, neighbor to the Soviet Union and a coastal state on the North Atlantic and the Barents Sea, found itself at the geographical center of this final effort. |
`In' analytical Note | Naval War College Review Vol. 64, No.2; Spring 2011: p.97-115 |
Journal Source | Naval War College Review Vol. 64, No.2; Spring 2011: p.97-115 |
Key Words | Norway ; Cold War ; Naval Strategies ; NATO ; North Atlantic ; Barents Sea ; Soviet Union |