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Most people picture Cold War Sweden as a quiet neutral nation, content to sit out the superpower drama. The reality was more ambitious. In...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Saab 35 Draken (Dragon) was a highly effective Cold War fighter designed for Sweden to intercept bombers in all-weather conditions. Known for its...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: On June 29, 1987, an SR-71 Blackbird suffered a catastrophic engine explosion during a “Baltic Express” mission, forcing it into...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Radio-Canada’s leaked scoring suggests Ottawa’s fighter review is no longer about performance. In Canada’s 2021 competition, the F-35 reportedly...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Europe’s simmering doubts about long-term dependence on the U.S. F-35 are giving Sweden’s fighter industry fresh momentum. -Recent Gripen...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Ottawa is again flirting with the idea of cutting its F-35 order and buying Saab Gripens, reviving Canada’s worst...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary: Sweden’s next-generation A26 Blekinge-class submarine is poised to become the premier conventional hunter-killer of the Baltic Sea, despite a turbulent...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Repeated naval war games have revealed an uncomfortable truth: quiet diesel-electric submarines can routinely “sink” billion-dollar aircraft carriers. -From...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Europe is racing to rearm but running into a familiar problem: how smaller states can afford to operate heavy,...