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June 14, 2018

The cost was 370 marines....

https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1006961934896418816

JUNE 14, 2018 / 9:25 AM / UPDATED 3 HOURS AGO

Reuters Staff

OSLO (Reuters) - Russia vowed on Thursday to retaliate for a plan by Norway to more than double the number of U.S. Marines stationed there.

Oslo announced on Tuesday that it would ask the United States, its NATO ally, to send 700 Marines to train in Norway from 2019, against 330 at present, and said the additional troops would be based closer to the Russian border.

“This makes Norway less predictable and could cause growing tensions, triggering an arms race and destabilizing the situation in northern Europe,” the Russian Embassy said in a statement on its Facebook page.

“We see it as clearly unfriendly, and it will not remain free of consequence.”



Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-norway-usa-russia/russia-vows-consequences-after-norway-invites-more-us-marines-idUSKBN1JA1UB

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