{"id":71981,"date":"2026-03-16T16:03:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T16:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2026\/03\/16\/norways-elite-arctic-soldiers-still-dig-their-own-snow-caves-to-hide-from-drones\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:29:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:29:36","slug":"norways-elite-arctic-soldiers-still-dig-their-own-snow-caves-to-hide-from-drones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/europe\/2026\/03\/16\/norways-elite-arctic-soldiers-still-dig-their-own-snow-caves-to-hide-from-drones\/","title":{"rendered":"Norway\u2019s elite Arctic soldiers still dig their own snow caves to hide from drones"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SETERMOEN, Norway \u2014 Norway\u2019s elite soldiers for Arctic warfare swear by an old-fashioned method for staying hidden from drones\u2019 sophisticated sensors: quinzhees, or snow caves, carefully dug by hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Deep in Norwegian woods, some 400 kilometers away from the Russian border, an officer of the Norwegian Long Range Reconnaissance Squadron is hidden in a snow-made shelter, with only his light-grey firearm peeking out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The officer, nicknamed Poster Boy, is part of the country\u2019s elite Arctic task force, designed to operate far behind enemy lines to conduct surveillance missions. The snow cave serving as his concealment is known as a quinzhee, 1.5m high and 2m wide, built by piling snow together and allowing it to sinter, or harden, a task force specialty.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/europe\/2026\/03\/12\/nations-withdraw-some-equipment-from-nato-arctic-exercise-amid-iran-fallout\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/MG_0406.jpeg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Nations withdraw some equipment from NATO Arctic exercise amid Iran fallout<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Italian personnel on board the San Giusto said the Andrea Doria had departed a few days earlier in case the destroyer is needed closer to home.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s a constant evolution of what works and what doesn\u2019t for us \u2013 what worked four years ago might not work today due to all the technology developments of equipment designed to catch us, some years ago a tent and camouflage could\u2019ve been sufficient but not anymore,\u201d the officer, who spoke anonymously because of the sensitivity around the unit, told Defense News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Training here alongside the Norwegian soldiers were several other nations\u2019 elite unit, including U.K. Royal Marines and soldiers of the Canadian Special Operations Forces Command. Royal Marines told Defense News that, given the speed of modern combat, units that want to stay invisible often have to move every 15 minutes to avoid detection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Besides hiding from enemy drones, the Norwegian reconnaissance soldiers carry their own unmanned craft to spy on adversaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The unit is experimenting with different types of winterized surveillance drones, including the American-made Skydio and first-person-view models, to provide eyes in the sky and enable operations from greater distances on the battlefield. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Poster Boy said those systems will be increasingly relevant, especially in the event of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2026\/03\/09\/nato-to-study-what-if-scenarios-that-could-cause-arctic-conflict-with-russia\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2026\/03\/09\/nato-to-study-what-if-scenarios-that-could-cause-arctic-conflict-with-russia\/\">potential conflict with Russia<\/a>, where the battle space would consist of vast stretches of icy land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Norwegian Army chief, Maj. Gen. Lars Lervik, told Defense News that drones were playing an important role in NATO\u2019s largest Arctic exercise, Cold Response 2026, organized across Norway from March 9-19. He noted that aside from surveillance-type ones, forces are also testing attack drones and several unmanned ground robots in ground-to-ground and air-to-ground roles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The name of the game for the quinzhee connaisseurs is silence and invisibility, two objectives that are increasingly hard to achieve, as seen in the war in Ukraine, where troops and equipment remain perpetually vulnerable to being located.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One way to mitigate these risks is to focus on tracking avoidance in snow, which relies on minimizing a soldier\u2019s visual, thermal or electronic signatures. The Norwegian Defense Materiel Agency announced last month that recent trials in Denmark confirmed the effectiveness of the Swedish-made Mobile Camouflage System. 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