Gerald R. Ford, the world's largest aircraft carrier, sailed for Oslo on Wednesday.

It is the first participation of a U.S. ship of the kind in a show of NATO's strength at a time of heightened tensions with Russia. The Norwegian military said the ship and its crew would conduct exercises with the Norwegian armed forces along the country's coast in the coming days. The Russian embassy in Oslo condemned the aircraft carrier's visit as "illogical" and "harmful"