Its recommended numbers for what rapid equipping would cost in the fiscal 2016 budget are an add of $97.5 million to the R&D account for combat vehicle improvement programs and an add of $314.3 million to the wheeled & tracked combat vehicle account for Stryker modifications -- $411.8 million in all.]
Sometimes in foreign usage, the term Scandinavia also includes Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and Finland, on account of their historical association with the Scandinavian countries and the Scandinavian peoples and languages. The southern and by far most populous regions of Scandinavia have a temperate climate.hile the term Scandinavia is commonly used for Denmark, Norway and Sweden, the term the Nordic countries is used unambiguously for Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland, including their associated territories (Greenland, the Faroe Islands, and the Ãland Ã¥land). islands
Apart from the three main climate zones, other sub-zones can be found, such as the alpine climate in the highest of Spain's various mountain ranges (notably the Cantabrian Mountains, the Pyrenees and Sierra Nevada, a tropical climate in the coastal areas of the Canary Islands and a hot desert climate in the Southeastern coastline an eastern parts of the Canary Islands, notably around Almeria and Las Palmas.