Swedish defence working on developing military drone force
- The future use of drones in Sweden’s armed forces is currently being shaped involving up to 200 people at various agencies testing, developing and planning what could become drone units.
- The Swedish Armed Forces, together with the Swedish Defence Research Agency and the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration, are working on the drones project.
- As well as reconnaissance drones that are already in place, work is going on to develop drones that destroy other drones and so called suicide drones that blow up when targeting a vehicle or even autonomous drones that make their own decisions and do not need a pilot.
Radio Sweden
For more on how drones fit into Sweden’s security strategy, listen to Radio Sweden’s full report.
Related stories from around the North:
Canada: Canada, U.S. and Finland form pact to build icebreakers for Arctic, CBC News
Denmark: Danish PM pledges to support Greenland against Trump pressure, Thomson Reuters
Finland: US, Norwegian forces in Lapland for rapid reinforcement exercise, The Independent Barents Observer
Norway: Oslo looks to Brussels for strengthened security and defence, CBC News
Sweden: Biden says NATO now stronger than ever with Sweden and Finland, Radio Sweden
United States: White House releases U.S. Arctic strategy implementation plan, Eye on the Arctic
