The Russian State Duma threatened Norway with nuclear weapons due to the presence of U.S. Marines
The Deputy Chairman of the Russian Federation Council’s Defense and Security Committee, Franz Klinzewitsch, stated in his interview with Norwegian TV2 that the U.S. Marines stationed in Norway are part of U.S. preparations for global strikes and that Norway can become the target of Russian strategic weapons because of it.
“It is very dangerous for Norway and its population. How we should respond to it? We have never before put Norway on the list of targets for strategic weapons. However, the population of Norway will suffer if the situation develops. That is why we should respond and we have the means for response,” Klinzewitsch said.
Klinzewitsch is convinced that the Norwegian Government yielded to pressure from the American government and that the United States has much more serious plans for Norway than just the deployment of several hundred marines. “It is a creation of infrastructure using the so-called concept of Prompt Global Strike and we are seriously concerned about it,” he added.
Norway will allow the U.S. Marines to temporarily stay in its territory until 2017. It is the first time since the end of the World War II that foreign forces will be deployed in the territory of this country.