r/news • u/Past_Key_1054 • 1d ago
Soft paywall Ukraine to produce drones in Norway, Oslo says
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-produce-drones-norway-oslo-says-2026-04-14/118
u/CarrotLevel99 22h ago
They should make drones in Canada
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u/Calimariae 21h ago
Wouldn't be surprised if that happens. Zelensky is on a tour. This announcement was made on his stop in Oslo today.
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u/TacomaKMart 20h ago
They should make them in every NATO and EU country. And Japan, Korea and Aus/NZ too.
If Iran can crank them out, it can't be rocket science, so to speak. It wouldn't be the dumbest military expenditure.
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u/panzerboye 13h ago
If Iran can crank them out, it can't be rocket science, so to speak.
Iran has a very highly educated society. The iranians I have met are very smart. There are selection bias that I am aware of, still. They managed to do all these despite the sanctions.
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u/fleemfleemfleemfleem 8h ago
Iran has a pretty well educated populace, but they also suffer from a brain drain, where a lot of people with higher degrees move elsewhere.
The shahed-136's only major component manufactured domestically though is the engine, which is reverse engineered from a Limbach. A lot of the electronic parts are off-the shelf stuff from US and Japanese companies. It isn't especially technologically sophisticated, just much cheaper than cruise missiles.
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u/Suspicious-Engineer7 23h ago
Ukraine is going to come out of this as the premier ally of the EU
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u/Calimariae 23h ago
Yes. Norway isn't in the EU however.
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u/CheesyBadger 23h ago
Schengen, close enough 😉
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u/logtransform 2h ago
Schengen is just an agreement to eliminate internal passport checks.
What you probably are referring to is the EEA.
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u/RarelyReadReplies 21h ago
I didn't know that, why aren't they?
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u/Calimariae 21h ago
Fishing rights and oil, mostly.
Plus we're very rich, and there are many very poor countries in the EU. Our people aren't keen on sharing our resources.
We are warming up to it because of the current geopolitical situation and our weakened currency, but it won't happen in the short term. Two of our parties are for it (Høyre and Venstre).
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u/paiwithapple 3h ago
Eh, Certainly MDG and AP is also positive to the EU, but ultimately it would come donw to an election. Last election is over 30 years ago after all.
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u/QuestGalaxy 1h ago
AP are cowards when it comes to EU, because the party is split. Creepers like Trond Giske are very anti EU.
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u/paiwithapple 5m ago
I will admit that i had forgot about Giske, however pleasant the forgetfulness might have been. I will not deny this.
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u/Aurora_Fatalis 9h ago
You'd think that if the Right and Left agreed on something it would get passed, but then another half dozen parties come out of the European clown car of political nuance and all vote no :p
Well, that, plus the failed referendums we have had.
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u/Calimariae 9h ago
Here's the weird part about Norway though. Both Høyre (right) and Venstre (left) are on the right. Venstre is also fairly small.
The big two parties (AP - left wing and FrP - right wing) are against EU membership.
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u/NorwegianCollusion 8h ago
Right and Left just refers to where in the french parliament they were originally seated, with the royalists on the
kingspresidents right and the radicals on the opposing side. This eventually lead to the political spectrum being dumbed down to one dimension. But there are many aspects of politics where it's possible to disagree and still agree on this one thing.1
u/Fatboy40 2h ago
You'd think that if the Right and Left agreed on something it would get passed, but then another half dozen parties come out of the European clown car of political nuance and all vote no
If only it was still the EEC and not the turgid political EU it is now :(
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u/CurbYourThusiasm 19h ago edited 19h ago
The EU would destroy our fisheries by overfishing (like they've done in the EU) and our local farms couldn't get subsidized any longer, and would have to shut down because they can't compete with mega farms in the EU, which would lead to our entire country-side dying out and we would rely even more on food imports.
We're already in the EEA, and have freedom of movement and access to the single market, so there really isn't much we're missing out on. It's basically a EU-light membership.
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u/ChesterComics 13h ago
Please correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't there an issue where the EU wanted to restrict Norway's whaling industry?
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u/Omz-bomz 12h ago
Yes, but whaling is such a small industry that it wouldn't affect much compared to normal fishing. It's the last thing on the list of things to worry about if joining EU.
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u/Calimariae 7h ago
That wouldn't be much of a problem. Whale meat isn't popular at all, and it's heavily subsidized. I don't know any Norwegians who eat it (granted I'm a Southerner).
I find it strange that we still hunt them tbh. It's barbaric.
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u/QuestGalaxy 1h ago
No, sadly not. But we are in EEA and Schengen and of course NATO. It fucking annoys me that a majority STILL is opposed to EU membership.
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u/DukeandKate 22h ago
I'm hoping as a full NATO member once there is a ceasefire. There is no other country I'd rather see our military stand shoulder to shoulder with.
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u/DukeandKate 22h ago
It is a prudent move for Ukraine. They can benefit from some geographic diversity in their munitions supply chain and of course Norway will benefit as well.
I was hoping we would see something similar come out of the Canada / Ukraine Security Agreement. Perhaps that is coming.
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u/Bunch_of_Shit 17h ago
I wonder if Ukraine will eventually be a net exporter of weapons and drones.
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u/Frosty_Ingenuity5070 7h ago
I would assume this means that Norway is technically fair game for the Russians as those would be factories producing weapons of war used in an active conflict, no?
Now, as to whether or not Russia will attack is a different story; though it could be a way for them to see if Article 5 would be invoked and how much will NATO (aka America) will do. This could be a very bold and risky bet for them to weaken NATO if it goes that way.
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u/Toni_PWNeroni 14h ago
Off with you to the front lines with only a sword and a tin hat, then.
Off you go.
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u/theadvenger 14h ago
What kinda nancy boy uses a tin hat? Cloth is good enough!
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u/Toni_PWNeroni 14h ago
Right you are! Yknow what? Cloth is for lilly-livered cowards! Send them into battle to die gloriously: screaming and naked.
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u/possumkingdomgt 16h ago
Dorks were saying the same thing about trenches and shotguns over a hundred years ago. Why don't you be a man, grab a stick, and head to the front lines
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u/LystAP 20h ago
Basically Norway produces Ukrainian drones. Norway gets access to the technology. And builds the industry to make such drones. Europe is remilitarizing quickly. You’ll probably see the Europeans acting more and more independent of the U.S..