Sweden’s air defence tested in Aurora 23 military exercises
- The ability of Sweden’s Armed Forces to protect the country from a full-scale attack by a foreign military power, depends in part on the strength of its air force as well as assistance from its Nordic neighbours and Nato.
- At Uppsala Garrison, home to one of Sweden’s six air force squadrons, a Jas Gripen 39 Delta takes off in a demonstration of its capabilities to watching media during the first week of the largest military exercise on home soil in over 30 years.
- “Since last year of course it’s a new kind of mindset we have to have, it’s more for real now than it was just one or two years ago,” fighter pilot Patrik Lange tells Radio Sweden.
Related stories from around the North:
Canada: Int’l arctic cooperation needs to continue despite rupture with Russia: Canada’s GG,The Canadian Press
Finland: Russian cyber attacks, espionage pose growing threat to Finnish national security, Yle news
Greenland: Growing focus on Arctic puts Greenland at higher risk of cyber attacks: assessment, Eye on the Arctic
Iceland: Iceland authorizes U.S. submarine service visits, Eye on the Arctic
Norway: Norway expels 15 intelligence officers at Russian Embassy, The Independent Barents Observer
Russia: Russian Arctic rescue exercise attended by observers from Iran and Saudi Arabia, The Independent Barents Observer
Sweden: Russian spy ships surveying Nordic energy infrastructure, Radio Sweden
United States: U.S. nominates Alaskan as first Arctic ambassador, Eye on the Arctic
