Knut Ola Naastad Strøm

@konstrom.bsky.social

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Associate professor of air power at RNoAFA / @forsvaretshogskole.bsky.social Economic historian. Scandinavian sec, history, economic warfare. WWI blockade geek. Occasional Napoleonic reenactor.

Årets første RBK-scoring, i fjerde serierunde.
Nordenfieldske Grenader Compagnie and redcoat allies at the 2025 Battle of Leipzig re-enactment. Photo by Pixelgestalt
Shore photography of steamship SDS Hansteen under way.
Drawing of Swedish and Norwegian guardsmen, by C. H. Thulstrup, 1866
King's Guard band and drill platoon performing in Oslo, 17th May 2025. Photo: Isak Fjeld Rasmussen / Forsvaret
E-3As from the NATO AWACS force at Ørland AB, May 2025. Photo: Henriette Harkestad Alvheim / Forsvaret
NATO E-3A over Ørland AB, 13th May 2025.
RNoAFA cadets commemorating liberation and veterans' day, 8th May 2024. Photo: Kristian Kapelrud/Norwegian Armed Forces
Quebec 1759 boardgame
Former RNoAF NH90 helicopters in storage at Bardufoss air station. Photo: Sondre Mosdal / Forsvaret
Swedish govt Prop. 2024/25:99 revised budget proposition, including preliminary authorisation for sale of four S 106 GlobalEye to Denmark.
"Historikere kunne fått inn og vært litt flinkere til å utforske rykter. Og ikke vært så opptatt av at man må dokumentere absolutt alt."
RNoAF band ensemble playing in the Little Norway auditorium at RNoAFA.
View of Little Norway auditorium, RNoAFA
Future Norwegian frigate procurement candidates. Image: Naval News
T26 HMS Glasgow under construction. Photo: UK MoD
USS Constellation under construction. photo: US Navy / Fincantieri
British T26 frigate floated on barge. Photo: UK Defence Journal
Nansen class frigate with NH-90 ASW helicopter. Photo: Forsvaret
RNoAF F-35 and HNoMS Otto Sverdrup. Photo: Kristian Torske / Forsvaret
USS Chafee launching Tomahawk missile. Photo: Ensign Sean Ianno/US Navy
Nansen class frigates sailing in formation. Image: Forsvaret
Norwegian Navy personnel. Photo: Simen Rudi/Forsvaret
Norwegian Navy personnel on the bridge of a Nansen-class frigate. Photo: Forsvaret
Kongsberg NSM/JSM production facility. Photo: Kongsberg
Constellation, FDI, F126 and T26. Image: Naval News
"MEKO A-400 AMD concept graphic" for the F127 tender. Image: Naval News/TKMS
F127 frigate design candidate. Image: TKMS
Render of joint German-Norwegian maintenance facility for Type 212CD submarines. Image: Forsvaret/Forsvarsbygg
Type 212CD render by TKMS. Image: ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems
"Defence Minister Pistorius with the Prime Minister of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Manuela Schwesig, at the keel laying ceremony in Wolgast." Image Naval News/Bundeswehr.
Thales TACITOS CMS with F126 weapon and sensor loadout. Image: Thales
CGI of F126 launching SM-2 air defence missile. Image: Bundeswehr
MKS 180 render (F126 design) closeup showing Mk41 VLS with RAM and main gun. Image: Damen
CGI of frigate with Atlas Elektronik towed array deployed. Image: Atlas Elektronik
Container-based towed array/ASW module for F126. Image: Atlas Elektronik
German Navy contract signing ceremony for the first F126. Photo: Damen
F126 bridge rendering. Image: OSI Systems
CGI of F126 frigates in formation. Image: Damen
F126 Frigate Image: Damen
Render of Constellation class frigate Image: Fincantieri
"FFG-62 Constellation-class Frigate scale model on display on Fincantieri's booth at Sea Air Space 2021." Photo: Naval News
VARD-built Norwegian Coast Guard vessel HNoCGV Jan Mayen in Hjørundfjorden, 2023. Photo: Andreas Hellesø, Forsvaret
VARD render of proposed multi purpose vessels for the Royal Norwegian Navy. Image: VARD
HNoMS Roald Amundsen watched by crew of HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen off coast of Northern Norway during FLOTEX 2023. Photo: Ine Margrethe Stangeland / Forsvaret
Change of command ceremony for Crew of Nansen Class frigate HNoMS Thor Heyerdahl, 25 September 2024. Photo: Johnny Larsen / Forsvaret
Render of F-35 launching Joint Strike Missile. Illustration: Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace
US Navy Arleigh Burke class destroyer launches Naval Strike Missile during exercise RIMPAC. Image: Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Jordan Jennings, U.S. Department of Defense
SPY-6 radar under construction at Raytheon. Photo: Raytheon
"The Norwegian frigate KNM Fritjof Nansen launches an Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) during Formidable Shield 2021." Photo: Thomas Stangnes / The Norwegian Navy
"Dr. Reagan Campbell, FFG(X) program manager within the program executive office for the Littoral Combat Ship, Naval Ocean Systems Command , U.S. Department of the Navy - Navy Frigate (FFG/X) Program: Background and Issues for Congress, page 6 (Figure 3) - Congressional Research Service - Updated June 18, 2019 Proposed Government Furnished Equipment for FFG(X) - U.S. Navy" Illustration: Wikipedia
Render of CAPTAS-4 on Constellation class. Image: Thales Systems
Render of Constellation class frigate with MH-60 helicopter. Illustration: Wikipedia
Render of Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard, where the first Constellation class vessels are being built. Photo: Fincantieri Marine Group
Top: Italian Navy FREMM ASW Virginio Fasan Bottom: Constellation class render Illustration: Navy Lookout
"The principal features of the Constellation class." Illustration: Navy Lookout
"The nine in-commission Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ships the Navy is proposing to decommission as part of the FY 2023 budget. " Facsimile; USNI News Photos: US Navy
"The U.S. Navy littoral combat ships Independence, left, and Coronado are shown underway in the Pacific Ocean." Photo: MCC Keith DeVinney/U.S. Navy