us ▁II . ▁Its ▁official ▁purpose ▁is ▁the ▁tracking ▁of ▁space ▁j unk ; ▁however , ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁site ' s ▁proxim ity ▁to ▁Russia , ▁and ▁an ▁alleg ed ▁connection ▁between ▁the ▁G lob us ▁II ▁system ▁and ▁US ▁anti - miss ile ▁systems , ▁the ▁site ▁has ▁been ▁the ▁basis ▁for ▁he ated ▁controvers y ▁in ▁diplom atic ▁and ▁intelligence ▁circles . ▁ ▁G lob us ▁ 3 ▁An ▁upgrade ▁to ▁the ▁rad ar ▁system ▁is ▁under ▁construction ▁on ▁the ▁island . ▁The ▁Russian ▁military ▁cons iders ▁the ▁rad ar ▁station ▁a ▁threat ▁to ▁its ▁national ▁security . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁List ▁of ▁towns ▁and ▁cities ▁in ▁Norway ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁ ▁v ardo . k omm une . no ▁page ▁ ▁Tour ist ▁information ▁ ▁Tour ist ▁information ▁ ▁Category : C ities ▁and ▁towns ▁in ▁Norway ▁Category : Port ▁cities ▁and ▁towns ▁in ▁Norway ▁Category : V ard ø ▁Category : Pop ulated ▁places ▁of ▁Ar ctic ▁Norway ▁Category : Mill en ni um ▁sites <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁Re config urable ▁Video ▁C oding ▁( R VC ) ▁is ▁an ▁M PE G ▁initi ative ▁to ▁provide ▁an ▁innov ative ▁framework ▁of ▁video ▁coding ▁development . ▁This ▁framework ▁offers ▁a ▁way ▁to ▁overcome ▁the ▁lack ▁of ▁inter oper ability ▁between ▁the ▁many ▁video ▁code cs ▁deployed ▁in ▁the ▁market . ▁Indeed , ▁an ▁R VC ▁code c ▁is ▁described ▁using ▁the ▁data flow ▁programming ▁parad ig m ▁which ▁perm its ▁flex ibility ▁and ▁re us ability