The strategic importance of the Arctic is only growing, according to NATO's Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, American General Alexus Grynkewich. And Sweden plays an important role there.
Swedish and other Western technology has been used to build a Russian surveillance system along the Arctic seabed, according to an investigation by the Swedish SVT News and several international media outlets. Among other things, this involves underwater robots from Saab.
The NATO exercise Baltops, which begins tomorrow in the Baltic Sea, is, according to Russia, ‘extremely provocative’. The exercise, in which Sweden and the United States are participating, is seen as a build-up to combat against Russia.
The US Coast Guard is taking part in a multi-NATO maritime exercise in northern Norway in April.
The UK-led Joint European Force (JEF), of which Sweden is a member, is using AI to protect cables and monitor the Russian shadow fleet in the Baltic Sea.
