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Sweden ready to use force to surface sub
The Local ^ | October 21, 2014 | Staff

Posted on 10/21/2014 10:38:40 AM PDT by C19fan

UPDATED: Sweden's military has announced that if it finds a suspect foreign vessel in the Stockholm archipelago, it is prepared to force it to the surface "with weapons if necessary". Battleships, minesweepers, helicopters and more than 200 troops are scouring an area about 30 to 60 kilometres from the Swedish capital after a "man-made" and foreign object was spotted in the waters.

"The most important value of the operation - regardless of whether we find something -- is to send a very clear signal that Sweden and its armed forces are acting and are ready to act when we think this kind of activity is violating our borders," Supreme Commander General Sverker Göranson said.

(Excerpt) Read more at thelocal.se ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; Russia
KEYWORDS: europeanunion; israel; nato; russia; submarine; sweden
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The Swedes seem to not have very good ASW as they never caught a Soviet/Russian sub except for the one that ran aground back in 1981. I doubt the new Leftie Swedisn government has the guts to use weapons.
1 posted on 10/21/2014 10:38:40 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

“One ping only.”


2 posted on 10/21/2014 10:39:25 AM PDT by dfwgator (The "Fire Muschamp" tagline is back!)
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To: C19fan

The Swedes have a ‘battleship’?


3 posted on 10/21/2014 10:43:38 AM PDT by MeganC (It took Democrats four hours to deport Elian Gonzalez)
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Battleships?....................


4 posted on 10/21/2014 10:45:03 AM PDT by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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To: MeganC

5 posted on 10/21/2014 10:46:06 AM PDT by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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To: MeganC

Assume bad google or similar translation, hee hee.


6 posted on 10/21/2014 10:47:21 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: Red Badger

LOL!


7 posted on 10/21/2014 10:47:35 AM PDT by MeganC (It took Democrats four hours to deport Elian Gonzalez)
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To: C19fan

Will they use Ikea weapons?


8 posted on 10/21/2014 10:50:50 AM PDT by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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To: C19fan

Anybody remember the submarine tractor incident from the 80’s, in the waters off Sweden??

We know the Russians have continued research with “Super-Small Submarines”. Could this be another one?


9 posted on 10/21/2014 10:51:56 AM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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So why is Jack Ryan speaking with a Welsh accent when he’s repeating what an Estonian sub commander said about things not reacting well to bullets?


10 posted on 10/21/2014 10:53:16 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: dfwgator

You sold me,Jonesy

11 posted on 10/21/2014 10:54:25 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Islamopobia:The Irrational Fear Of Being Beheaded)
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To: C19fan

Although I have no wish for war or even a battle, I would LOVE for something to “wake up” the sleeping Swedish military know-how. They could be like Israel, tiny yet remarkably tech-savvy in defensive warfare. But just as you suggest, they must first have the will.


12 posted on 10/21/2014 10:55:27 AM PDT by pogo101
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They had more than one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_submarine_incidents


13 posted on 10/21/2014 10:55:53 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer.)
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More on my previous post:

Russian Navy develops mini submarines

Russian shipbuilders are developing new “super mini” submarines, the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) state holding company said Friday.

Work on the sea craft was in progress at the St. Petersburg-based Malakhit naval machine manufacturing bureau and that Navy command has been showing interest in the project, the company`s vice president Igor Zakharov said.

Alexander Terenov, an advisor to Malakhit`s general director, said the Project 865 Piranha submersible (NATO reporting name Losos) could go beyond just “hit and run” operations.

“They have a broad range of applications and can carry full-fledged missile and torpedo systems,” Terenov said.

He said the Piranha could also be deployed for the protection of naval installations, and would be operated by small crews and cost little to maintain.

Piranha is a midget submarine designed for special operations and is almost completely silent. Only two Piranha-class submarines were reportedly ever built in Russia.
http://zeenews.india.com/news/science/russian-navy-develops-mini-submarines_838656.html


14 posted on 10/21/2014 10:57:05 AM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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I can’t believe the Swedish chef hasn’t surfaced with some snide remark! :-)


15 posted on 10/21/2014 10:58:27 AM PDT by SgtHooper (Anyone who remembers the 60's, wasn't there!)
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Piranha Mini-subs's from the late-70's. As the article above states, the Russians have been working on a new version.
16 posted on 10/21/2014 10:58:59 AM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: C19fan

The Russians probably infiltrate their waters as a routing training exercise.


17 posted on 10/21/2014 10:59:03 AM PDT by Boogieman
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Sweden going to use force? Heavens ...


18 posted on 10/21/2014 11:02:42 AM PDT by SkyDancer (I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am)
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19 posted on 10/21/2014 11:05:30 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: SgtHooper

20 posted on 10/21/2014 11:08:00 AM PDT by dfwgator (The "Fire Muschamp" tagline is back!)
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