Short joke: Didn't the Norwegians just hear the noise of these beasts and decided they were too far away?
Ok, joking aside. Putin is really going for it. In Sweden we have only remnants left of what once was a pretty decent defence system. Soooo, Putin boats can do pretty much anything around here. Which they do.
An article in a Swedish newspaper, where a Russian ship tapped in on the Swedish military conversations.
Här spionerar Ryssland på Sverige | Inrikes | SvD
The yellow blobs are Sensitive Sooper Seeekrit Swedish Defence Talks and Excercises and the red line is where the ship sneaked around. Gotland and Öland belongs to Sweden but there is something like 10 metres of international water between them so the Capt of that boat is a hell of a navigator.
Another joke: Our prime super duper extra top army general with extra bling (in Swedish: Överbefälhavare) sad, like two years ago, that the Swedish army could withstand ONE attack from ONE target only for ONE week. Now, the comedians in our country laughs at this and says that when the Russians invade,
then we will have a proper defense worth bragging about! Black humour, methinks...