Sweden’s armed forces want less costly ways to destroy enemy drones
- As the threat of enemy drones grows, Sweden’s Armed Forces need to find a cost-effective way of taking them down.
- The air defense’s robots cost several millon krona each, while the drones are cheap and can be launched in swarms of thousands.
- Because of this, the Air Defense Regiment in Halmstad is practicing using a less costly option – a Swedish air defense cannon from the 1930s.
Radio Sweden
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Related stories from around the North:
Canada: Poilievre stresses Arctic defence plans as northern issues surface in election debate, Eye on the Arctic
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: Swedish defence working on developing military drone force, Radio Sweden
United States: White House releases U.S. Arctic strategy implementation plan, Eye on the Arctic
