Its recommended numbers for what rapid equipping would cost in the fiscal 2016 budget are an add of $97.5 million to the R&D account for combat vehicle improvement programs and an add of $314.3 million to the wheeled & tracked combat vehicle account for Stryker modifications -- $411.8 million in all.]
Sometimes in foreign usage, the term Scandinavia also includes Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and Finland, on account of their historical association with the Scandinavian countries and the Scandinavian peoples and languages. The southern and by far most populous regions of Scandinavia have a temperate climate.hile the term Scandinavia is commonly used for Denmark, Norway and Sweden, the term the Nordic countries is used unambiguously for Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland, including their associated territories (Greenland, the Faroe Islands, and the Ãland Ã¥land). islands
The lowest winter temperatures in Iceland are usually somewhere between â25 Â°C (â13 Â°F) and â30 Â°C (â22 Â°F), although the lowest temperature ever recorded on Iceland was â39.7 Â°C (â39 Â°F). In Norway, the coastal regions have mild winters, while further inland winter is much colder. During midwinter, southern areas of Norway only get five to six hours of sunlight a day, while the north gets little to none. In January, the average temperature in Norway is somewhere in between â6 Â°C (21 Â°F) and 3 Â°C (37 Â°F).