Both countries will cooperate more to detect submarines, counter mines and improve North Atlantic security. British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace and his Norwegian counterpart Bjorn Arild Gram signed a letter of intent during a visit to the Northwood military base. Other countries can join, it sounds.
London and Oslo had already stepped up patrols in the region, where the unexplained explosions at the Nord Stream pipelines happened. The investigation into those explosions is still ongoing, but they are said to be deliberate.
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In September, four leaks were discovered at Nord Stream 1 and 2. The gas pipelines run from Russia to Germany via the Baltic Sea. At the time of the explosions, the pipelines were not operational, but were filled with natural gas.