(See) Why Sweden’s Air Force SCARES Putin

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When Sweden's civil defense minister said, "There could be war in Sweden," it raised many eyebrows. 🇸🇪🛡️ With a history of neutrality, why is Sweden now preparing for conflict? 🤔 Is it due to joining NATO, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, or something more? 🌍🇷🇺 Dive into the history, geopolitical tensions, and the powerful JAS 39 Gripen that makes Sweden a formidable force. ✈️💥 Watch now to find out! #Sweden #Russia #NATO #Geopolitics #JAS39Gripen #Defense #Military #BalticSea #ColdWar #Ukraine #Putin #AirForce #Gripen #MilitaryHistory #Saab #GlobalSecurity #Aviation #SwedishAirForce
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when Sweden's civil defense minister
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Carl Oscar Bolan said there could be war
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in Sweden urging the citizens of Sweden
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to start preparing for war mentally many
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were left wondering the same thing why
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would a country that didn't fight at all
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in the world wars and who hasn't fought
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in more than 200 years suddenly announce
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that they need to be ready for war this
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statement has sparked a lot of
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controversies with people asking
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questions like is it because Sweden
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realized its intention to join NATO is
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it because Russia invaded Ukraine will
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Russia invade Sweden all these might be
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true or it might be that even though
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Vladimir Putin might be considering
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invading Sweden as part of his Grand
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plans the real reason is that he's
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scared of Sweden more specifically of
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the j39 grien today we'll take a look at
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why the supersonic j39 grien makes
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Sweden's Air Force so powerful and the
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reason why it might make Putin think
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twice before finally deciding to invade
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but before we get to that just why are
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the politics of the Baltic region and
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NATO so important many will have heard
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of the Baltic region but if you haven't
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well it's the region of countries that
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surrounds the Baltic Sea which includes
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Russia Finland Denmark Estonia Germany
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lvia Lithuania Poland and Sweden all
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these countries had been coexisting
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relatively peacefully until Russia
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realized that all the other countries in
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the Baltic region had joined NATO a fact
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that doesn't sit well with Russia and
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was one of the reasons for its invasion
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of Ukraine NATO and Russia have a long
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history dating back to the period after
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World War II 2 when Russia was still
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part of the USSR NATO the North Atlantic
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Treaty Organization was formed in 1949
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by the USA Canada and many Western
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European nations with a primary aim to
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provide security against the USSR ever
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since its creation there has been a cold
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war between NATO and the USSR for
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dominance with the ussr's dissolution in
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1991 the tension in eastern and western
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Europe was supposed to stop but Russia
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just continued where the USSR left off
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however there have been a couple of
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treaties between NATO and Russia
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including the founding act in 1997 which
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improved the partnership between Russia
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and NATO even though it never became a
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part of NATO Russia had permanent
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residence and access to NATO's
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headquarters in Brussels however this
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relationship completely broke down when
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Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in
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2014 ever since there has been no
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conciliation between NATO and Russia but
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there was the implied agreement that
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NATO would keep its cold war policies in
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as much as Russia keeps its Army and
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troops trp in Eastern Europe however
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although NATO has not moved in physical
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might they have been expanding their
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influence towards Eastern Europe which
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is what Putin doesn't like and that was
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one of the things he mentioned before
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going into Ukraine if Ukraine joins NATO
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and decides to take crimeia back through
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military means European countries will
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automatically get drawn into a military
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conflict with Russia and now a similar
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thing is happening again but this time
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not with the land borders of Russia but
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the maritime Border in the Baltic region
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all of the countries there are now part
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of NATO with Sweden being the most
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recent to join so what's the current
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relationship between Sweden and Russia
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well we can say that joining NATO has
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unequivocally created more tension
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between the countries the two have not
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exactly been friends for some time back
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in 2022 when Russia invaded Ukraine the
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EU placed sanctions on Russia and Sweden
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voted for them in retaliation Russia
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added all countries in the EU to their
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list of unfriendly nations in response
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Sweden and many of the countries in turn
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labeled Russia persona nrata but the
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animosity between the two countries
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began long before 2022 the two countries
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have a long history of conflicts dating
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back centuries including the Finnish War
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where in 1809 Russia took control of
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Finland from Sweden during World War II
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Sweden had proclaimed neutrality but it
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still borrowed some planes from Finland
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when Russia then the Soviet Union
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invaded it even though Sweden was
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neutral in the war it had a pack with
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the US that in a situation where the
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Soviet Union tried to invade Sweden the
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US would come to Sweden's defense but
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that never happened also there is the
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incident of the Soviet Union shooting
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down two jets that belonged to Sweden in
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the 1950s one belonging to the Swedish
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government and one to a civilian but it
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didn't stop there in 1981 Sweden
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discovered a Soviet Union whiskey class
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submarine in its Waters and it took up
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to 10 days before a diplomatic agreement
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that returned that submarine to the
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Soviet Union could be reached all these
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point to the fact that both Sweden and
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Russia have had it back and forth with
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each other other so there is definitely
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an historical precedent if another
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attack on Sweden is suggested and with
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Russia invading Ukraine the idea is not
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farfetched but should Sweden actually be
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expecting an invasion ever since the
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invasion of Ukraine the countries
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surrounding Russia have unsurprisingly
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started spending heavily on their
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militaries most neighboring countries to
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Russia like Estonia lvia and Lithuania
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who were formerly under the USSR just
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like Ukraine believe there is a
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possibility that Russia could invade
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them in the future just like Ed Ukraine
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these countries are relatively small but
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even Poland a relatively large country
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neighboring Russia and Ukraine is also a
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nerved by Russia's erratic actions and
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is strengthening their military might
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also these countries are members of NATO
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which means in Putin's head they are
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threats to the security of Russia these
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countries will take their military
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strength seriously if Russia decides to
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come at them there's even a prediction
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from Estonian prime minister Kaya Callis
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who said that NATO should be prepared to
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face Russia in 3 to 5 years years even
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though Sweden doesn't have a land border
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with Russia the maritime border they
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share and Russia's behavior in the past
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have prompted Sweden to strengthen their
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military might as well this was evident
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in the information the Swedish
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government passed out in 2022 about
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increasing military spending to 2% of
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the country's GDP as explained by the
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Swedish defense minister the reason for
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this is that the country is facing the
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most serious security policy situation
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since the end of World War II as of 2024
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the defense bill was drafted Ed in which
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2% of the country's GDP would go to
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military spending a whopping 27 billion
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Crona equivalent to 2.3 billion US this
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money is supposed to go toward their
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NATO membership payment and developing
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the military especially their Air Force
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which is one of the reasons why Putin
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will need to be careful before thinking
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about invading which brings us to the
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real reason why Putin should be scared
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of Sweden or more specifically its Air
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Force since Sweden hasn't been involved
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in a war in a very long time many people
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don't know about the country's true
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military might especially what they can
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do in the air the Swedish Air Force or
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swaf was created in 1926 and even though
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this arm of the military did not have
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the chance to perform during the second
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world war due to the country's
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neutrality they are extremely effective
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both on paper and in reality the real
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beginning of the strength of the Swedish
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Air Force stems back to when the country
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decided to heavily invest into nuclear
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weapons research it may not seem like
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this would lead to a powerful Air Force
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but stay with us faced with the Hostile
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presence the Soviet Union posed after
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World War II and to protect themselves
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from likely future assault Sweden under
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the guise of Civilian defense started
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researching their own nuclear weapons
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the project was fairly successful and
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progressed to the stage where
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underground testing was possible but the
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Rick stag Sweden's Supreme
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decision-making body decided that the
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exploration of nuclear energy shouldn't
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be used to build weapons but instead to
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create a defense against nuclear attacks
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and this is what would lead to a more
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powerful Air Force as much of the money
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that had been pouring into developing
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nuclear weapons was now diverted to the
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Air Force the beginning of investment
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that surged Sweden forward and plac them
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among the countries with the best air
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forces in the world around that time in
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the 1950s the Air Force then decided to
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use the large funding to start the
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creation of their domestic aircraft as a
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result of all the money well spent
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during the Cold War Sweden became the
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world's fourth most powerful Air Force
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with about 1,000 modern planes which
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introduced the Sab a32 lansen Sab J 29
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tunnan and the Sab j35 dracen and that
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was just the beginning now thanks to
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that lineage Sweden has created arguably
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one of the best fighter jets in the
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world the single engine supersonic
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multiroll fighter jet JZ 39 grippen when
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the Prototype was demonstrated in 2009
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the fighterjet reached the supersonic
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speed of Mac 1.2 or around 913 mph and
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it did this without the use of an
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afterburner making it better for higher
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range and giving it fuel saving
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advantages the griin has several
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variants including the grien J 39 C and
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D as well as the j e and f the only
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difference between the C and D is that
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the C is a single CER while the D has
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room for two same for the E and F and
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even though the CD and EF are fairly
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similar the EF is the newer updated
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version both have features that would
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make anyone think twice before getting
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into an aerial battle with Sweden even
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Putin the gri and Jaz 39 CD is powered
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by a Volvo rm12 Engine with an after
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burner capable of reaching speeds of Mac
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2 and can operate at Heights over 49,000
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ft or 15,000 m without issue although
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it's equipped with sophisticated
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avionics it's the griin Arsenal that
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truly gives it an edge over its Rivals
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thanks to a 27 mm Cannon and eight hard
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points for missiles and bombs which
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means it can both win jewels in the air
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and Destroy Targets on the ground the
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gri and Jaz 39 EF which is the newer
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version is an even more dangerous
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multi-roll combat aircraft that's
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capable of air fighting and groundbased
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Air Attack missions thanks to its
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increased payload longer range and more
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advanced electronic warfare capabilities
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it also has a more powerful engine the
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General Electric f414 ge39 which also
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has a top speed of Mac 2 but a higher
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operational ciling of 52,000 ft or
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16,000 M having such a Powerhouse in the
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sky makes one thing very certain no one
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would want to mess with them Putin is
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even one of the few world leaders who
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should want to engage in an aerial
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battle with Sweden even though Russia is
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one of the top three air forces in the
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world on paper they are facing a lot of
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trouble converting those stats into real
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life results this was made evident very
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quickly when Russia invaded Ukraine and
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Russia's supersonic fighter jets like
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the s34 and s57 that were supposed to
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dominate the Ukrainian airspace started
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to fall to manpad launched surface to a
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missiles many of Russia's fighter jets
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were seen running from the battlefield
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and some Pilots even abandoned their
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Jets because they weren't effective
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enough if even manpads can stop Putin's
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air attacks think about what supersonic
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hyper and recently updated grippin would
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do the s34 and s57 wouldn't stand a
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chance but as we've seen losses don't
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always dissuade Putin so what would
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really happen if Russia decides to
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invade Sweden will Sweden be able to
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protect itself or will it end up on the
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receiving end like Ukraine there are
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many who think that because Sweden is
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relatively small that it will be an easy
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target but as we've seen Sweden has an
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ace up their sleeve in their air defense
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and it isn't all due to their powerful
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fighter jets Sweden has prioritized
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military advancement after the end of
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the second world war and they've been
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able to hone their craft well enough
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that any country that wants to attack or
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invade them would have a really tough
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time doing so and because Sweden isn't
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necessarily interested in expanding its
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territories into other countries its
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military weapon system development has
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focused more on defense than attack
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because of the small territory they've
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created and honed strategically the best
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weapons for their defense position
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Sweden not only has the grip and Jass as
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a monument for military advancement but
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they also have one of the best anti-tank
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missiles the en law the best anti- ship
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missiles the rbs15 family and one of the
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world's best submarines this means
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Sweden has a solid air water and ground
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game when defending its region from
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hostility if Putin wants to try invading
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Sweden he'd have a hard time even
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entering Swedish airspace let alone
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standing toe-to-toe with the grien it's
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imperative that any country that
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considers invading Sweden not
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underestimate the military capabilities
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of its Air Force and specifically its
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advanced fighter jets but what do you
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think could Russia pull off an invasion
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of Sweden would the Russian Air Force be
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able to take on the grip and Jaz 39 let
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us know what you think in the comment