The agreement aims to protect critical undersea infrastructure, such as cables, that Western officials say are increasingly under threat from Moscow

x London: A defence pact announced by Britain and Norway on Thursday will see their navies jointly operate a warship fleet to "hunt Russian submarines" in the North Atlantic, the UK government said. The agreement aims to protect critical undersea infrastructure, such as cables, that Western officials say are increasingly under threat from Moscow. It comes as Britain's Ministry of Defence (MoD) reports that sightings of Russian vessels in UK waters have increased 30 percent in the past two years. Norway announced in September the purchase of at least five Type-26 frigates from Britain for £10 billion ($13 billion). The latest an

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