Norway has modernized its fleet of infantry fighting vehicles by buying 144 of the latest technologically advanced CV90 vehicles. The vehicles will bolster and strengthen two battalions of the Norwegian Army’s mechanized infantry. The country’s Minister of Defense Ine Marie Eriksen Soreide says, “We are not only building defense capacities for Norway, but for NATO.” Footage includes the unveiling of the new vehicle, live firing, soundbites from senior Norwegian military officials and the country’s Minister of Defense. The unveiling took place yesterday in Setermoen, northern Norway.
SHOTLIST
1. (00:00) NORWAY’S MINISTER OF DEFENCE, INE MARIE ERIKSEN SØREIDE, ARRIVES AT DEMONSTRATION SITE
2. (00:06) GVS OF VARIOUS CIVILIAN AND MILITARY PERSONNEL STANDING FOR THE CEREMONY
3. (00:23) THE UNVEILING OF THE CV90 VEHICLE BY THE MINISTER OF DEFENCE
4. (00:36) VARIOUS OF SECTIONS OF THE CV90 VEHICLE
5. (00:48) VARIOUS OF AUDIENCE WATCHING A VIDEO OF THE VEHICLE ON A BIG SCREEN
6. (01:23) VARIOUS OF THE CV90 VEHICLE CONDUCTING A LIVE FIRE DEMONSTRATION
7. (02:20) SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) MAJOR GENERAL RUNE JAKOBSEN, COMMANDING GENERAL, NORWEGIAN ARMY
“This is a great moment for the Norwegian Army. It’s the first step of the modernisation of the Norwegian Army, starting with 144 new infantry fighting vehicles, the CV90.”
8. (02:34) SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) MAJOR GENERAL RUNE JAKOBSEN, COMMANDING GENERAL, NORWEGIAN ARMY
“The new vehicle provides better fire power, better mobility, better protection for the soldiers and the ability to engage different targets at the same time, so it’s a huge improvement in combat power.”
9. (02:52) SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) BRIGADIER GENERAL BJARNE NERMO, COMMANDER LAND SYSTEMS DIVISION, NORWEGIAN DEFENCE LOGISTICS ORGANISATION
“We ordered 144, which of course for the Norwegian Army gives us the necessary capability to field two mechanised infantry battalions.”
10. (03:03) SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) BRIGADIER GENERAL BJARNE NERMO, COMMANDER LAND SYSTEMS DIVISION, NORWEGIAN DEFENCE LOGISTICS ORGANISATION
“This was not prompted actually by any specific, I would say outside events or the situation in Europe as such. It was time for us, the old vehicles were twenty years plus, and of course it was time now for an upgrade and to renew the fleet.”
11. (03:23) SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) INE MARIE ERIKSEN SØREIDE, MINISTER OF DEFENCE
“Well the CV90’s have been used almost for 7 years in Afghanistan so they can be used both abroad and at home both to do operations here in a NATO context and also if we need to go into international operations.”
12. (03:36) SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) INE MARIE ERIKSEN SØREIDE, MINISTER OF DEFENCE
“What I think is important to underline here is that we are not only building defence capacities for Norway, but for NATO, and that is important for us as an ally to underline that we do this also to affect the operational ability for the whole alliance.”
13. (03:52) END.
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