Sweden To Increase Defense Spending As Its Military Continues The Search For A Foreign Submarine In Its Waters

Sweden Vows To Increase Defence Spending As Capability Questioned -- Financial Times

Sweden's prime minister pledged to increase spending on defence in Thursday's budget as the Nordic country's search for a foreign submarine entered a fifth day.



Sweden's new centre-left government has been placed in an awkward situation by the chase for the submarine – presumed to be Russian – as it is firmly against Nato membership and wants to focus more on co-operation with the UN rather than partnership with the western military alliance.



But, on a visit on Tuesday to Estonia, Prime Minister Stefan Löfven said: "We need to increase our capacity, meaning that we need to put more resources into defence."



Sweden currently spends about 1.2 per cent of GDP on defence.



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My Comment: This is an embarrassment for Sweden. It is clear that they lack the ability to locate and track any incursion into their borders .... and they are now realizing it.