amphibulous
Banned
In a words: yes. Seizing Norwegian territory gives the Soviet navy and land-based anti-ship aircraft an easier time to get at NATO convoys in the North Sea
Back during the Cold War the Norwegians had cold feet about clarifying plans to move other NATO forces into Norway to defend it. This risked a repeat of Belgium in WW2 (where a hasty advance and then a retreat, because positions hadn't been prepared properly, led to disaster.) So the UK Ministry Of Defense "accidentally" leaked its plans for neutralizing Soviet aircraft based in Norway. The phrase "obsessive nuking" pretty much summed then up and the Norwegians became much more cooperative...