UK to double number of troops in Norway in response to Putin's Arctic threat

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"Britain is set to double the number of its troops in Norway to bolster defences in the High North against Vladimir Putin's Russia. The commitment will see the number of UK forces in the country rise from 1,000 to 2,000 over the next three years. Defence Secretary John Healey, speaking during a visit to Royal Marines at Camp Viking in the Norwegian Arctic, also pledged UK participation in Nato's Arctic Sentry mission."

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