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Sweden’s largest water park, worth $10.6 million, was destroyed in several powerful explosions. This was reported by RBC-Ukraine with reference to Aftonbladet. The incident occurred on Monday, February 12, in the city of Gothenburg. The series of explosions was preceded by a fire. It is currently known that 12 people were injured. According to eyewitnesses, […]
Sweden and Denmark agreed to further support Ukraine in the field of combat vehicles. The countries will hand over CV90 infantry fighting vehicles to Kyiv. This was reported by the press service of the Swedish government. “The Ministers of Defense of Sweden and Denmark signed a joint letter of intent to further support Ukraine in […]
The Royal Swedish Navy wants Visby-class ships to be able to provide their own defense with CAMM (Common Anti-Air Modular Missile) missiles. The agreement was signed between the Ministry of Defense and MBDA UK. Sweden is actively strengthening the capabilities of its fleet. The Visby class corvettes currently do not have any air defense system, […]
The Swedish company Candela has announced the successful testing of a pre-production model of the P-12 hydrofoil passenger electric ferry. This was reported by New Atlas. The P-12 ferry has a catamaran-type hull, 11.99 m long and 4.5 m wide. It is driven by two electric motors powered by an onboard battery. Thanks to this, […]
The Swedish Defense Materiel Administration has received the first production JAS 39 Gripen E fighter jet. The Saab aircraft is intended for operational testing. The fighter jet was handed over to the management at the beginning of this month. It has a tail number of 6002. The aircraft joined two Gripen E prototypes, which are […]
The decision by Norway, Denmark, Belgium, and the Netherlands to provide F-16 fighter jets to Kyiv has made the provision of Gripen jets to Ukraine a more discussed topic in the Swedish government. This was reported by RBC-Ukraine with reference to Politico. If Sweden decides to send the planes, experts suggest that it could take […]
A communication cable between Sweden and Estonia has been damaged in the Baltic Sea, Swedish Civil Defense Minister Carl-Oscar Bolin said on Tuesday. This was reported by Yle, cited by Interfax-Ukraine. “We can’t say what damaged the cable at the moment,” Bolin said at a press conference. According to Bolin, the cable was damaged around […]
Last week, the fifth-generation F-35A Lightning II fighter jets took off from Sweden for the first time in history. This happened within the framework of an agreement on cross-border training of the Nordic countries. The Royal Norwegian Air Force sent two fifth-generation fighter jets to the neighboring country. The F-35A Lightning II with conventional takeoff […]
Military pilots from Ukraine have successfully completed introductory training on Swedish fighter jets. Minister of Defense does not rule out sending JAS Gripen to the Air Force of Ukraine This was reported by Sveriges Radio with reference to a written message from the country’s Defense Minister Paul Junson. “The introductory training has been completed, and […]
The Swedish government will instruct the country’s armed forces to assess the possibility of supplying Ukraine with Saab JAS 39 Gripen fighter jets. This was reported by Ekot radio. The Swedish government wants to know how the delivery of fourth-generation fighter jets will affect the Scandinavian country’s defense capabilities. The authorities also want to know […]