Little Sweden affords its own production of fighter planes.
Stockholm Vladimir Putin gave the Swedes the first shock in 2014. After Russia occupied Crimea, a new sense of threat grew in the militarily neutral country. When the Kremlin boss then attacked Ukraine, the turning point was perfect: after 200 years of neutrality, the small country with a population of just ten million asked to be admitted to NATO in June in order to find protection against possible further aggression by Russia.
This is a stroke of luck for the North Atlantic defense alliance. Sweden has been upgrading its military since the Crimean crisis – and is of great strategic importance due to its location on the Baltic Sea.
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