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> It promises the country’s largest military expansion for 70 years In the 1960s Sweden was months from an atomic bomb and had pretty solid plans for at least
by gok 6y ago
> It promises the country’s largest military expansion for 70 years
In the 1960s Sweden was months from an atomic bomb and had pretty solid plans for at least 2 legs of a nuclear triad. This may be the largest expansion by expenditure but it’s a relatively small change in posture.
- stefanfisk 6y agoYeah, the wording is a bit sensationalist. The expansion has never been this quick, but we spent more than 3% of GDP in the 70s. https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/sv/om-forsvarsmakten/darfor-finns-forsvarsmakten/ekonomisk-redovisning/ https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/sv/om-forsvarsmakten/darfor-fi...
- rmrfstar 6y agoFor context, Sweden's defense budget (USD 5.8b) is smaller than the NYPD's budget (USD 6.0b) [1]. That's kind of amazing when you think about it. With it's budget, Sweden is able to fund an indigenous fighter program [2]. [1] https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/20/nyregion/defund-police-nypd-budget.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/20/nyregion/defu... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab_JAS_39_Gripen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab_JAS_39_Gripen