Did Norway Lose Its Frigate Because Of Its PC Culture?

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Sputnik: Norwegian Journo Blames Frigate's 'Amateurish' Loss on Women, PC Culture

Prior to the dramatic incident, involving the 'unsinkable' frigate KNM Helge Ingstad, the Norwegian Armed Forces own magazine boasted that four out of five navigators on the warship were women.

Without making concrete accusations, Norwegian journalist, military expert and political analyst Helge Lurås has suggested that the dramatic incident is closely related to another highly controversial topic, namely the proportion of women in the Norwegian Armed Forces.

"Should you judge by sound records and expert statements, glaring and almost incomprehensible human errors were made. The Navy's people appear to be amateurs," Helge Lurås wrote in his opinion piece in the magazine Resett.

Lurås suggested that the mandatory inclusion of women on a quota arrangement and with different requirements had had an effect on the professional culture of Norwegian Defence.

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WNU Editor: A lot of ships have been sunk with men at the helm. But for the Norwegians the question needs to be asked .... were people promoted because of their gender over their expertise, and did this result in a sequence of errors that led to the sinking of the frigate KNM Helge Ingstad. I like to think not, but the question still needs to be looked at.