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originally posted by: dragonridr
originally posted by: autopat51
never hurts to be prepared... shake the dust off.
but why now?
Because they have adopted a new defence position. There goal is to be able to hold out from a full invasion for 3 months. What scares them is a report last year that said if Russia attacked within 72 hrs sweden would fall. The military panicked knowing thia is no where near enough time to get any type of support.
So starting last year they adopted a total defense policy. It ranges from cyber warfare to even parking garages being made to turn into emergency shelters. There goal is by 2020 to be able to withstand the full force of the russian military for at least 3 months.
originally posted by: oloufo
a reply to: SKEPTEK
i bet, you never been there. the swedish people doing fine and they are awaiting the worldcup starting next week in russia. the same here in germany (we play against sweden in the 'gruppenphase'). by the way, i've seen refugees a few minutes ago while smoking a cigarette. they just walking by without doing anything bad - like 98 percent of them.
originally posted by: SKEPTEK
a reply to: infolurker
Maybe they are finally going to fight back against the foreign invaders that are pillaging their women and terrorizing their country.
One can hope.
originally posted by: autopat51
seems very strange, what is going on over there?
originally posted by: fiverx313
the president of the US is an unpredictable moron. if i were another country i'd be looking over my disaster preparedness measures too. honestly, if i lived on earth i'd be looking over my disaster preparedness measures.
oh wait i do live on earth
brb
originally posted by: oloufo
a reply to: SKEPTEK
i bet, you never been there. the swedish people doing fine and they are awaiting the worldcup starting next week in russia. the same here in germany (we play against sweden in the 'gruppenphase'). by the way, i've seen refugees a few minutes ago while smoking a cigarette. they just walking by without doing anything bad - like 98 percent of them.
originally posted by: ketsuko
And there is a also lot of truth in the old adage that if you want peace, you prepare for war. How many other Russian neighbors aren't preparing? *If* Russian decides to try to expand ala Crimea and Georgia again, which target looks better: one that's sitting there like a newborn fawn in spring or one that has spines like the porcupine? Sweden wants to be the porcupine.
The Territorial Defence Force - TDF (Polish: Wojska Obrony Terytorialnej – WOT) is a Polish force made up of professional and part-time volunteer soldiers, forming part of the country's defence and deterrence system. It is the fifth military service, following Land Forces, Air Force, Navy and Special Operations Forces.
originally posted by: Miccey
Ok so to EASE your fearing minds, i can assure you as a former officer
in the said NG, nothing strange about this what so ever...
Long time overdue though on this scale..
But Exercises with the NG happens on a schedule
set up by the HQ.. They have annual exercises
every year..
But the scale that this one is on hasnt happend for
a long time, due to lack of fundings.
Thats it, nothing more nothing less....
However, after the 2008 South Ossetia war territorial defense was once again emphasized. Until then most units could not be mobilized within one year. In 2009 the Minister for Defence stated that in the future all of the armed forces must capable of fully mobilizing within one week.
After having ended the drafting system in 2010, the following years volunteer numbers proved to be insufficient to maintain the armed forces. In 2017, a new conscription system was put into place to draft as many personnel as needed to fill the gap between voluntary recruits and required strength
and when did this fantasy happen?
originally posted by: SKEPTEK
a reply to: infolurker
Maybe they are finally going to fight back against the foreign invaders that are pillaging their women and terrorizing their country.
One can hope.
originally posted by: ketsuko
It seems weird that Sweden is the only place that knows.
Is this like WWZ where only Israel knew what was going on because they were the only ones paying attention and brutally pragmatic enough to act?
originally posted by: Shminkee Pinkee
and when did this fantasy happen?
originally posted by: SKEPTEK
a reply to: infolurker
Maybe they are finally going to fight back against the foreign invaders that are pillaging their women and terrorizing their country.
One can hope.
originally posted by: JinMI
Some added information:
www.bloomberg.com...
The anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats (SD) were backed by 18.5 percent of potential voters, up 5.6 percentage points from the election in 2014, a closely watched biannual poll from the country’s statistics office showed on Tuesday.