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
Norway is located along the same latitude as Siberia, Greenland and Alaska, so it might be expected to be a land of continual cold weather. However, due to warming influences of the northern Gulf Stream, the country actually enjoys a fairly mild climate. There are five distinct climate zones in Norway, and the weather can change rapidly depending on the time of year and the region of the country being visited.