US Vice President Kamala Harris Has Another Call With A World Leader Without President Biden

Kamala Harris og Erna Solberg. Foto: Patrick Semansky / AP og Heiko Junge – begge via NTB.

FOX News: VP Kamala Harris takes another solo call with a world leader 

Harris spoke with the prime minister of Norway, Erna Solberg 

Vice President Kamala Harris had another call with a foreign leader Tuesday, independent of President Biden. Harris spoke with the prime minister of Norway, Erna Solberg, where Harris "affirmed her commitment to deepening the strong alliance between Norway and the United States."

"The Vice President thanked the Prime Minister for Norway’s close security partnership with the United States and generous contributions to development and health security efforts around the world," according to a readout of the call.

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Update: Readout of Vice President Kamala Harris Call with Prime Minister Erna Solberg of Norway (White House) 

WNU Editor: There is an international protocol when world leaders talk to each other. Basically it comes down to one leader talking to another leader. The second in command or lower official does not talk to the leader of another nation. This new "White House" arrangement sends a message to the world that there are two leaders in the White House, not one.

B-1 Bombers Are Deploying To Norway For The First Time

A B-1B from the 28th Bomb Wing accompanied by Royal Norwegian Air force F-35A fighters during a BTF deployment last year. Norwegian Armed Forces 

Defense News: US Air Force bomber unit sets up shop in Norway 

COLOGNE, Germany — The U.S. Air Force is temporarily deploying 200 personnel with an expeditionary B-1 Lancer squadron to Norway to help manage bomber training flights in the region, U.S. European Command announced Tuesday. 

The service members, hailing from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, will set up shop at Orland Air Base near Trondheim, a hub for Norway’s F-35 fighter jet fleet. The force represents “the advance team for scheduled missions in the coming weeks, which will occur for a limited time,” EUCOM’s statement read. 

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WNU Editor: These B-1s are now within striking range of Russia's major naval bases .... US to deploy B1 bombers to Norway for the first time - "near Russia's sprawling Naval bases" (Forex-Live). 

 More News On B-1 Bombers Being Deployed To Norway For The First Time 

B-1Bs to Deploy to Norway -- Air Force Magazine 

American B-1 Bombers Are En Route To Norway To Bother The Russians -- Forbes 

B-1 Bombers Are Deploying To Norway For The First Time With An Eye On Nearby Russia And The Arctic -- Warzone/The Drive 

US Air Force bombers deploy to Norway for first time -- Stars and Stripes

This Small Norwegian Island Is Playing A Key Role In Monitoring Russian Submarines And Missile Activity In The Arctic

The military radar Globus II seen from the sea side. Photo: Atle Staalesen / BarentsObserver

New York Times/Miami Herald: The US is snooping on an infuriated Russia from a tiny, nervous island in the Arctic

VARDO, NORWAY: The population of the Arctic island of Vardo has shrunk to half of what it was 20 years ago, and the fishing industry that sustained its residents for generations has mostly collapsed.

But the local power company, citing a mysterious surge in electricity demand, began work last month to increase energy supplies, laying a thick new cable in a tunnel under the icy waters that separate the island from the Norwegian mainland.

The new electricity cable, along with the recent appearance of earth-moving equipment atop a rocky plateau overlooking Russia across the sea, points to one business that is flourishing in this part of the Arctic: snooping on Russia’s expanding fleet of nuclear submarines armed with ballistic missiles in the Barents Sea.

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WNU Editor: This is no small listening post.

U.S. Continues To Store Heavy Military Equipment In Norwegian Caves

This 1997 aerial photograph shows the entrance to a cave facility the U.S. military uses in the Trondheim region of central Norway. (Defense Department photo courtesy of the National Archives)

CNN: U.S. stationing tanks and artillery in classified Norwegian caves


Washington (CNN)Marines are prepositioning battle tanks, artillery and logistics equipment inside Norwegian caves as the U.S. pushes to station equipment near the NATO-Russia frontier.

"Any gear that is forward-deployed both reduces cost and speeds up our ability to support operations in crisis, so we're able to fall in on gear that is ready-to-go and respond to whatever that crisis may be," Col. William Bentley, operations officer for the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, said in a statement Friday on the Norwegian deployment that called the caves classified.

The deployment of new equipment to the Cold War-era caves comes amid renewed tensions between NATO and Russia. Russia shares a 121.6-mile long border with Norway. The border was heavily militarized during the Cold War, and the Russian navy's Northern Fleet is in Murmansk, about 100 miles from the border.

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Update: Cave-Dwellers: Inside the US Marine Corps Prepositioning Program-Norway (Defense News)

WNU Editor: This is actually old news .... A Look At The Massive U.S. Military Depots Built And Hidden In The Caves Of Norway (August 15, 2014).

A Look At The Massive U.S. Military Depots Built And Hidden In The Caves Of Norway

This 1997 aerial photograph shows the entrance to a cave facility the U.S. military uses in the Trondheim region of central Norway. (Defense Department photo courtesy of the National Archives)

The Pentagon Is Adding To Its Arsenal Of Weapons In Norway’s Caves -- Washington Post

In the heart of Norway’s countryside, the U.S. military is bolstering its arsenal of weapons with tanks, gun trucks and other armored vehicles along with hundreds of containers of equipment.

The Marine Corps is overseeing the effort, which expands the existing Marine Corps Prepositioning Program. It stashes weapons, vehicle and armor in several locations across the world, including Norway, which first signed an agreement with the United States to do so in 1981, Marine officials said.

The equipment is kept in climate-controlled caves in central Norway, giving the Marines equipment that is closer than the East Coast to use in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Much of what stored in the caves was pulled out and sent to the Middle East ahead of the March 2003 invasion of Iraq.

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Update: Pentagon Adding New Tanks, Vehicles to Massive Cache in Norway Caves -- Antiwar

WNU Editor: This is a global repositioning of U.S. military hardware. The other regions/countries that have a similar arrangement with the U.S. military can be seen here .... the link to this image is here.