Norway Commits to NATO Missile Defense System

Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg pledged that Norway will increase its military spending in line with NATO policy, and also contribute to the NATO missile defense system, after a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Friday.

"It is necessary for us to contribute to this," Solberg told a press conference on Friday following the meeting.

"As a committed NATO member, we should also be committed to that part of the strategy."

"We have to go through this and look at what our contribution should be."

The NATO Missile Defense System comprises radar equipment and missile interceptors which have already been deployed to Poland, Romania, Spain, Turkey and the Czech Republic. The US has deployed three of its four US Navy ballistic missile defense destroyers to Europe; it sees them as a key component of the missile defense shield.

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