Defence restructuring intensified - defence budget increases
Defence restructuring intensified - defence budget increases The Government today put forward a defence budget totalling NOK 30.4 billion. This represents a real increase of NOK 70 million compared with the budget in 2004. In other words, the high level of defence funding in 2004 will be increased still further. Kristin Krohn Devold comments: "We are aiming to achieve all our restructuring objectives for the period 2002-2005. This will place Norwegian defence on a firm footing with a structure far better matched to the management of future threats and crises both nationally and