I served in the military in the early 1980's, at the height of the cold war. Needless to say the Soviet GRU unit dubbed Spetsnaz posed the greatest threat – and our biggest fear, seeing as Norway shared borders with the former Soviet Union.

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Lethal Spetsnaz soldiers in training.