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So if the USSR were to attack Sweden then what would the USA do exactly?

• mcculley 3y ago
  Do you mean Russia or USSR? It is unclear if you are asking about a hypothetical event in the past or a hypothetical event in the future after ratification of Sweden’s NATO membership.
• actionfromafar 3y ago
  I don’t know. Most of it is still classified, but whatever it was, it was enough to assure Swedish governments of the time. (70s - early 90s)
  • zirgs 3y ago
    Interesting that Sweden sees modern Russia as a bigger threat than the USSR. Whatever there was before is not enough now and they want a full NATO membership instead.
    • actionfromafar 3y ago
      Whatever there was before, was dismantled late eighties or early nineties, it’s hard to tell for sure. One big reason Sweden jumped into NATO now is that the Swedish military is, not exactly a shadow of its former self, but very small. If Sweden would have had an equivalent of the military power it had in say, 1991, I doubt a NATO application would have been made, or at least not as hastily.