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Sweden has a pretty solid defense industry. Gripens and NLAWs for example are Swedish production.
by Hamuko 3y ago
Sweden has a pretty solid defense industry. Gripens and NLAWs for example are Swedish production.
- nextos 3y agoIndeed, for a small country in terms of population, they have a really impressive defense industry. Also a very interesting distributed defense doctrine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bas_90 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bas_90
- FirmwareBurner 3y agoCorrection: NLAWs are only Swedish designed(SAAB defense) but are production of Thales(a French company) manufactured in Belfast, Northern Ireland(UK), using warheads made by a subsidiary of SAAB in Switzerland. Yes, I'm fun at parties.
- fennecbutt 3y agoHe he, my response to the sorts of people that use the "I bet you're fun at parties" jibe is usually "we go to different parties".
- red-iron-pine 3y agoThe UK was heavily involved in the NLAW development too, IIRC. Not just made in NI but the UK provided a lot of the initial funding along with SAAB. and boy howdy do those NLAWs work.
- FirmwareBurner 3y ago>and boy howdy do those NLAWs work. I know. I'm always in pain when my NLAWS come to visit.