This 1997 aerial photograph shows the entrance to a cave facility the U.S. military uses in the Trondheim region of central Norway. (Defense Department photo courtesy of the National Archives)

The Pentagon Is Adding To Its Arsenal Of Weapons In Norway’s Caves -- Washington Post

In the heart of Norway’s countryside, the U.S. military is bolstering its arsenal of weapons with tanks, gun trucks and other armored vehicles along with hundreds of containers of equipment.

The Marine Corps is overseeing the effort, which expands the existing Marine Corps Prepositioning Program. It stashes weapons, vehicle and armor in several locations across the world, including Norway, which first signed an agreement with the United States to do so in 1981, Marine officials said.

The equipment is kept in climate-controlled caves in central Norway, giving the Marines equipment that is closer than the East Coast to use in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Much of what stored in the caves was pulled out and sent to the Middle East ahead of the March 2003 invasion of Iraq.

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Update: Pentagon Adding New Tanks, Vehicles to Massive Cache in Norway Caves -- Antiwar

WNU Editor: This is a global repositioning of U.S. military hardware. The other regions/countries that have a similar arrangement with the U.S. military can be seen here .... the link to this image is here .