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    • The role of the operational analyst – support to the Norwegian Armed Forces in Afghanistan 

      Author::Gustavsen, Elin Marthinussen; Author::Eggereide, Bård; Author::Gulichsen, Steinar; Author::Fidjeland, Mikael; Author::Barstad, Andreas; Author::Christiansen, Jonas Myhre; Author::Martinussen, Svein Erlend; Author::Reitan, Joachim (2017-08-31)
      This report documents the experiences and lessons from the deployment of operational analysts to Afghanistan with the Norwegian Armed Forces, with regard to the concept, the main tasks of the operational analyst and other ...
    • Romvirksomhet i et europeisk sikkerhetsperspektiv 

      Wahl, Terje (2003)
      The main topic of this report is the role of military space systems in the development of a European Security and Defence Policy. First, a brief overview of the history of European space developments is given. Today's ...
    • Romvær - prosesser og effekter 

      Svenes, Knut (2009)
      Romvær er et begrep som dekker en rekke prosesser i jordens nære verdensrom. Felles for disse er at de alle er knyttet til vekselvirkningen mellom solen og jorden, og at de kan innvirke på en rekke teknologiske systemer ...
    • Romvær -betydning for Forsvaret 

      Author::Blix, Tom Arild (2019-06-17)
      Romvær er et begrep som av og til dukker opp i pressen, spesielt dersom det skaper problemer for samfunnet. Årsaken til romværet ligger på solen. Solen sender hele tiden en strøm av ladde partikler ut i verdensrommet. På ...
    • Romvær : et eksempelstudium 

      Svenes, Knut (2009)
      Denne rapporten inneholder en beskrivelse av prosesser i det nære verdensrom drevet av noen usedvanlig sterke geomagnetiske stormer i oktober/november 2003. Hovedvekten her er lagt på de effekter disse hadde på flere ...
    • Romvær informasjon fra internet til nytte for operative HF brukere 

      Jodalen, Vivianne; Farsund, Bodil Hvesser; Jacobsen, Bjørn (2003)
      High Frequency (HF) communications at high latitudes can be extremely difficult due to ionospheric disturbances causing large variations of channel conditions. In order to establish communications during such conditions, ...
    • Rotoboost heat exchanger 

      Wingstedt, Kristoffer; Andreassen, Øyvind (2012-11-22)
      In this report the fluid dynamical aspects of a rotating heat exchanger have been investigated. This work is a continuation of the work by Andreassen (2012) and in this report we emphasize on numerical computations on a ...
    • RTP 103.014 FFI 1.2.2 TR 103 Overview of the Norwegian testing 

      Dullum, Ove; Elvebakken, Dag; Antonsen, Gard; Lilleborge, Jørn; Fjeldly, Tor A.; Sagsveen, Bendik (2006)
      This document is generated in Work Element 1.2.2 and forms a part of the Norwegian contribution to WEAO project Europa 103.014 ”Lightweight low cost carbon fibre composite materials and structures for Armoured Fighting ...
    • Rumble final report (DE 19) 

      Jenserud, Trond; Knudsen, Tor (2004)
      The main goal of project RUMBLE has been to enhance our capability to predict active sonar detection ranges in shallow water. The idea is to measure ‘through-the-sensor’ the seabed characteristics that affects long-range ...
    • Rumble measurement strategy 

      Dombestein, Elin; Knudsen, Tor (2002)
      This note is one of the deliverables of the RUMBLE program, which aims at developing methods for using operational sonars for measuring and estimating bottom parameters. These parameters are necessary for predicting ...
    • Rumble project - scattering index models 

      Jenserud, Trond; Simons, Dick; Cristol, Xavier (2001)
      In this note we describe some models for the backscattering strength of a rough seafloor. The models range from the simple Lambert’s rule to perturbation models that include the effect of roughness and volumeinhomogeneities. For ...
    • Russia and the use of force : theory and practice 

      Langsholdt, Morten (2005)
      Under what circumstances does Russia resort to the use of military force? This report examines key aspects of Russia’s use of force since the fall of the Soviet empire. It outlines the relationship between the official ...
    • Russia in the Precision-Strike regime - military theory, procurement and operational impact 

      Bukkvoll, Tor; McDermott, Roger N (2017-08-01)
      This is a report about Russian thinking on the use of conventional high-precision weapons. It explains how this debate has developed in Russia since its inception in the mid-1980s, and analyses what Russian military ...
    • Russian arms export to the developing world 

      Bukkvoll, Tor (2011-12-15)
      This report discusses Russian arms sales to the developing world against the background of often repeated allegations that Russia by its arms sales policy is behaving irresponsibly in terms of international peace and ...
    • The Russian defence industry - status, reforms and prospects 

      Bukkvoll, Tor (2013-06-03)
      While the Russian military has undergone radical reform over the last four years, the same cannot be said about the Russian defence industry. This industry suffers from among other things a lack of innovation, low productivity, ...
    • Russian Military Corruption - scale and causes 

      Bukkvoll, Tor (2005)
      This report discusses the scale of and the causes for the high level of military corruption in Russia. While it for obvious reasons is difficult to find hard data for the true scale of this phenomenon, it is still possible ...
    • Russian Use of Private Military and Security Companies – the implications for European and Norwegian Security 

      Author::Østensen, Åse Gilje; Author::Bukkvoll, Tor (2018-09-11)
      Russian private military and security companies (PMSCs) have recently caused headlines in international media. This is mainly because of the Russian PMSC Wagner’s participation in the war in Syria on the side of President ...
    • A Russian-Western security committee? - possibilities and obstacles 

      Wilhelmsen, Julie (2002)
      The report is an attempt to outline a theoretical framework for the FFI project “Russia-partner and challenger.” It presents two central theoretical contributions to the understanding of the concept “security communities,” ...
    • Russisk deltakelse i KFOR og forholdet til NATO 

      Finstad, Lars Harald (2001)
      Russia strongly opposed NATO´s Operation Allied Force in 1999, and froze for some time the bilateral Russia-NATO relationship based upon the Founding Act signed by the two parties in 1997. Later on, however, Russia played ...
    • Russisk forsvarsmakt og forsvarsøkonomi - mål og midler 

      Andresen, Rolf-Inge Vogt; Sendstad, Cecilie (2007)
      Denne studien bygger på en tilnærming som kobler økonomiske og sikkerhetspolitiske vurderinger. Målet er i gi et helhetlig bilde av mulig og sannsynlig forsvarsutvikling i Russland. I hvilken grad vil ressurstilgang og ...