10 BN POUNDS DEAL Norway chooses British warships to counter Russian threat

NORWAY has agreed to buy at least five new British anti-submarine ships in a deal valued at 10 billion pounds ($13.5 billion) as the two nations deepen their cooperation to counter Russian operations in the seas along NATO's northern flank.

- Norway's PM Jonas Gahr Store

They said Sunday that Britain will supply Norway with the Type 26 frigates, creating a joint force of eight British and at least five Norwegian ships that will operate jointly in Northern Europe.

The ships are built by a group of companies led by UK-based BAE Systems.