By the Editor – The author is the recipient of the 2020 Naval Review/RJD Technology Prize awarded to the best paper from a student on the MSc Technology (Maritime Operations) course at Kingston University. As a Norwegian naval officer the author argues that Norway’s current move to reduce its littoral capacities for the sake of blue- water vessels is a mistake. A problem as viewed from a different European (non-EU member state) shore. Norway’s Strategic Position orway’s vast coastline, specked with islands, inlets, fjords, and littoral waterways, represents the country’s primary source of inco…
