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Express.co.uk is usually a bit sensational in their headlines but here it is.

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World War 3 FEARS heightened as Russia gears up to confront NATO forces in Norway
RUSSIA has been put “on notice” by the US military after NATO deployed a carrier battle group to Norway in order to perform large-scale alliance drills later this month.
By Nicholas Frakes
PUBLISHED: 06:24, Mon, Oct 15, 2018 | UPDATED: 06:32, Mon, Oct 15, 2018

The Netherlands Marine Corps director of operations Gen Jeff Mac Mootry accused Russia of using its military to try to provide NATO troops in the Arctic Circle.

The general said: “What we see is there is an increasing interest of Russian naval vessels when we exercise.

“For example, when we do launching exercises as part of our ballistic missile defence program, we see more Russian ships than normally and they come closer to us than in past decades. They clearly want to make their presence visible.”

Read more at: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1031483/world-war-3-russia-norway-tension-nato-troop
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