@@SwedishNationalist Sweden joining the alliance definitely doesn't hurt it. Of course Sweden's military is not comparable to the US', but every member makes a difference. Except for Belgium, but that might just be my hatred for Belgium talking. Greetings from Germany.
@@SwedishNationalist You'll make more of a dent than the US is at the moment - seems like they're throwing away both their word and their standing in the world at the moment arguing over nothing. I appreciate it's not all of them, a minority in fact, but it's happening.
Ah yes the war games simulation.There is a good video about that here on RUclips. How one swedish submarine fooled the entire US navy.Something like that
Hmm.. some rather outdated information here.. conscription volumes are increasing, expected to reach 8000/year in 2025. It is likely to continue to increase, at least up to somewhere between 12000-20000, possibly higher. A lot of reevaluating going on, due to Ruzzia's attack on Ukraine. The number of Archers in service is correct for now, but another 48 is already ordered in production. It will probably increase further. The fighter fleet is presently about 100 airframes, but is set to 120 according to decisions made before Ruzzias full-scale attack, so it will probably be increased aswell.. & then you have signals intelligence platforms, & AWAC type of platforms. Presently 2 GlobalEye's are in production, with an other 2 optional in that contract.. In general, the numbers given in this clip are a bit low, & as expansion was a fairly high priority already before Ruzzias attack, it is likely to increase more & faster..🧐
Dont forgett Swedens 2 A26 submarines. Saab is currently building the world's most advanced conventional submarines. The new abilities that are now added to the A26 provide additional cutting edge in, among other things, weapon systems and stealth technology.
"The fighter fleet is presently about 100 airframes, but is set to 120 according to decisions made before Ruzzias full-scale attack" The video mentions increasing the new model by up to 60 new frames
@@sevenhelmets Yes, well, I'd say things are in a bit of flux right now.. When the order of 60(-70) Gripen E's was placed, the prevailing ideas of the strategic outlook was very different from what it is now.. about a year before Ruzzias full scale attack on Ukraine, there was a decision to increase the active Gripen fleet 120 airframes.. A couple of months after that there was a decision to make a very substansial upgrade of the Gripen C/C fleet, to make it compatible with Gripen E, including new avionics, GaN radar, etc.. The also decided to use Gripen C/D's as fast jet trainer aircraft.. Now, with so many factors in flux, it's a bit hard to predict how they will move forward... On top of it, Ukraine could really use some Gripen's ASAP.. One rather straightforward solution would ofcourse be to order a second batch Gripen E's, &speed up production of them..🤔
@@leifiseland1218 to be fair all of these concerns about russian aggression were started when Russia invaded the crimea peninsula, if not alot earlier than that. We've had the Russians test our (and our neighbours') military readiness since the 2010s - I believe an increasingly aggressive Russia was the main reason why the government took back conscription, among others. These early rearmament-decisions weren't made in a vacuum, us swedes and our government have felt the tensions from Russia for quite alot longer than the Ukraine War.
@JumboMceal Perhaps for conscripts doing their national service. Though it varies depending on what they get to do. To be part of the Home Guard, you have to do 90 days of basic. Though some volunteers can undergo a 2 week course and then be placed in some vocations.
@@n0namesowhatblerp362 Yes, with scopes too, and not just in the north. So around 30 firearms per 100 people, similar to France, Germany and Austria from what I've read (not my area of expertise).
@@nhansemark That was a lazy estimate (Sweden have much more then Germany or France) , and considering Finland has 56 per 100 I believe we are much closer to those numbers , not counting the 25'000-35'000 illegal ones , I remember the last time they counted , only the Swiss had more then ous in europe
Sweden welcome Home that's where you belong , couldn't be happier, Sweden is a very developed powerful country, together we are unstoppable, love our northern neighbors 🇩🇪❤️🇸🇪
This is really starting to add up, into becoming really effective, so that we here in the Nordics can actually fight back and keep the line. Feeling this personally as a great relief as a Norwegian and and are really thankful to having Sweden and Finland on board.
@@dustintacohands1107 Well, we have been neutral to any kind of war for over 200 years... So why not?? We have developed one of the best fighting planes in the world, also we have Scania and Volvo. Just as an exempel of our capability 🧐🧐🧐
@@dustintacohands1107 Neutral for 200 years. They see a threat and are acting on it. If the threat wasn't there, they wouldn't have joined. It's a welcome addition. A hardcore fighting unit that ties up the Baltics.
@@robster7325 Russia has over a 1,000,000 army personal and your nation has only 20 thousand troops !?!? YOUR NEIGHBOR has made war on Ukraine for over 2 years and you have an army of 20,000…. Does that not seem like an issue to you??? From my perspective as an American you been expecting others to defend you . 20,000 isn’t right even for self defense you live next to Russia come on. Don’t give me excuses about good equipment or peace you’re dealt with Russia you should know an army that size is unreasonable.
@@alanmcmillan6969Thanks brotha! Yes, he is a "nationalist", but a scared one. He might even get paid to write, who knows? 😉 The majority are positive. sure, some leftists have protested but nothing major.
@@d4rd1v79Hardly a nationalist. Sweden Democrats warned about Russia fifteen years ago and demanded a much stronger Swedish defense, but they were laughed at, by the rest of the seven parties in the parliament.
These personele numbers don't mean much. If it ever came to it, Europe could/would enact conscription. You could bolster all the military numbers into the millions if you had to! Almost 500 million people live in Europe - putin knows this. Slava NATO!
Totally wrong, Sweden has a total of 55,000 soldiers plus those who have done their conscription 10-15 years back in the time that can be called up, so let's say in a fully functioning mobilization, Sweden could field a total of 65,000 thousand (just today) In 2028, the Swedish force is to total 100,000, which is still too small. Between the 1950s and 1970s, Sweden was able to mobilize 800,000. And in addition, Sweden has a force of 23,000 men in peacetime. Then it is calculated that they will be able to mobilize 70,000 in 2025 from today's 55,000 och
you pull numbers out of your ass this nato decision was made by politicians & the onces who made it are just in charge cause of anti eu & anti nato party which has the 2nd highest number of votes. The will to fight in this country is nonexistant neither will we fight for others which will be quite telling if something ever happends.
I got seven pairs off lundhags boots. Different types for summer, winter, skiing. Great stuff. Boots like Meindl works fine in other dryer climates but tend to die in sweden, i have seem quite a few where the soles just got loose.
What are Swedens strengths, you ask? 1. Its not dependent on the USA for weapons. Like Finland, its self sufficient. 2. It has a 400,000 reservist force that is fully equipped including wealons and can be mobilised at two weeks notice and they do regular training with the permanent force. 3. They hate Russians, and like Finland they are experts on arctic warfare. 4. Their young people take defence seriously and join up to fight, not qualify for free college. 5. They are politically neutral still and have no delusions about the danger from Russia. If you were a country at risk, and you wanted three countries to be beside you, they would be Sweden, Finland, Poland and Australia.
The strength of sweden ammounts to how much the politicians open their asses to mass-immigration and defend it with nato . No revolutions against current regime can happen usa armies are legally allowed boots on the ground + immunity from law
Finland is self sufficient for everything but fighter jets We have patria that makes vehicles Our ships are built in Rauma shipyard Weapons manufacturers TIKKA and SAKO Bullets and shells are made by LAPUA
And we are just gonna ignore thew 60 thousand confirmed gang members within that country? Its a destabilized country that will collapse sooner or later.
Sweden has around the same number of fighter jets as Britain has, despite being seven times smaller than Britain in terms of population. That's a rather disturbing thought as discussions rage about how underfunded and underequipped the British armed forces are.
All of Europe has similar issues. Germany was demilitarized, cut up and then told to fight for America despite being the main target of nukes not only from Russia but also France & America. Rest of europe all cut military spendings and none of us got any richer for it. The only way we've gotten richer in the past 35 years has been through technology, but even that has had a serious social and cultural price to pay.
Sweden's airforce, and armed forces in general, are set up to be purely defensive. It has very limited surveillance and EW, only training capabilities for air to air refuelling, no anti-submarine, and minimal transport; they simply didn't expect to need these as any conflict they'd be involved in would be on their own soil. They bring exceptional quality to NATO but in the event of a conflict would be reliant on other nations to provide these capabilities. For comparison, the RAF's fixed wing transport fleet has 70 times Sweden's lift capacity over twice the distance.
The number in the armed forces is totally wrong. There are around 20k active soldiers and there are around 6-8k troops that does conscription each year since like 2016. About 50k in the homeguard which is the volenteer force, but ever since the war in Ukraine the recruitment office for the homeguard units have been overwhelmed with applicants and now there is basically a waiting list for years in some parts of the homeguard. Sweden had around 500 cv90 before donating 50 to Ukraine, Sweden had 48 Archers (and 48 more on order) before giving Ukraine 8.
Let's not get into numbers only but the hearts of the Swedish are brave and they are well trained in harsh conditions. Germany failed in Russia mostly because of the cold. I bet they are in total a great addition for NATO, let the vikings in the north be our shield
Excellently researched, the first video like this that I have seen getting the important facts right. What could have been mentioned was swedish military industry. However, I got the inpression this vid was focused on current combat power specifically and in the near term this vid is pretty accurate. EDIT: Haha, so many russian bots in the comments, it is glorious!
Its awesome to see the Baltics united for the first time in hundreds of years. Amazing. Welcome to the team 🙌. P.S. Those Archer systems are INSANELY good.
Along with Finland which were swedish during viking age. (lost to russia in the last war with them). Also Baltics was viking area. Even Kiev was founded by vikings. We're come to defend our thousand year old settlement. ;)
@@macjonte Ahem, the Viking Age lasted till the 11th century. Finland came gradually under Swedish influence starting from the 12th century -- although the start date is sketchy, too, as Sweden probably made up its first 'crusade' to Finland. The conquest, if you can call it that, was complete in the 13th century only. I wouldn't go boasting about the present Baltic states being under the Vikings either.
@@peabase finnish language & finnic tribes reached finland by the 3rd century AD, before that the people living in finland were genetically identical to those in sweden. swedish and finnish connections are much older than christianity
Not even during the height of the cold war did our leaders consider signing away our neutrality. Those guys had balls and conviction they stood for something
@@SwedishNationalist sluta nu vara en sån bitterfitta! Vi hade juh en stark egen militär på den tiden! Men oki, låt oss säga att vi inte gick med i Nato. Och Ryssland började anfalla Sverige hur ska vi försvara sverige om vi inte har allierade som är beredda att hjälpa oss? Hur? Ryssland må vara svagt men tillräckligt starkt för att köra över sverige.
@@SwedishNationalist Not really, Sweden cooperated closely with Nato since the 1950s. It was more of a domstic political move to be able to claim that we should not be allied with the USA, which the left always hated even more so after the US won the cold war and showed everyone that communism does not work. Sure, officially it was neutral but everyone knew which camp Sweden belonged to.
@@Yuushiboy What Finland bring in military buildup Sweden compensate with strategic positioning. Sweden Is strategically more important for NATO when it comes to supporting the Baltic states, NATO's Achille's heal.
Those corvettes also have stealth and gives off a very small radar echo, we've shared intelligence with NATO for decades, JAS Gripen has been NATO compatible for years as Link 16 was introduced a couple of years ago for NATO compatibility. So, joining NATO wasn't much of a surprise for us who have worked in the Armed forces.
As the new kid on the block .. we would love to , but I dont think our politicans have that spine. I can only implore you to speak with fellow Canadians and find someone you can vote for
I wonder if it would be possible to set up factories in other NATO countries and license build some of the Swedish military systems. Three main ones come to mind. - JAS 39 Gripen E - CV90 IFV, they've worked on variants with 120mm main guns that give the light vehicle the punch of a MBT. - Archer 155mm Mobile Gun System which according to the AFU is one of the best they have received in aid.
That’s not true. Its Army is being overhauled with conscription being reintroduced recently in 2018. The only thing going for them is their Navy and Airforce. So not the most advanced in the Europe-YET.
We've had 5k conscripts coming in every year, and that has been increased to 10k now. We have around 30k active men in the field and 40k reserves, so that's wrongful information.
lol, NATO has been the ones making wars and picking a fight with Russia, the West is like a hoard of locusts, wanting to devour every countries resources for money.
Definition of quality over quantity. A fantastic military that will make a fantastic ally. More than anything, I'm excited to see the Gripen brought to NATO. A very impressive aircraft that will be a huge bonus to Europe's already pretty damn awesome aerial-combat capabilities.
The research in The video is a bit sloppy i cant lie. For example while The strv122 series is based on The leopard 2a5 it has been imporoved significantaly before being delivered and then modernised to be equivalent or better than The 2a7 so calling it a leopard tank is "wrong". Sweden also has mandatory defence positions for pretty Much everyone between 18 and 70 something iirc while not all of Them would fight they all would serve a purpose in defence
The forces are growing but slowly as a lot of basesvand training facilities where disbanded and it takes time. Just the last years several army units has been re-established as well as one more AF flottila as the air force is growing
Welcome Sweden! Sweden brings some capable weapon systems to the NATO alliance. Now the northern flank is reinforced. The Gripen E variant has some advanced sensors and capabilities, thought to be equal or near equal to the F-35's advanced sensors too. Sweden's Gotland class subs are no joke. 1 of those managed to sink an American aircraft carrier (and I believe its escorting fleet of vessels too) without the latter knowing during a wargame exercise many years ago. The US Navy later asked to borrow the sub so that they can actually learn how they were sank and what their vulnerabilities are.
Sweden has an Army under big changes. A lot of new equipment coming in, and a lot of new soldiers. This years conscripts will be the biggest group in many years. We also have new subs on order, 2 in and 1 going obsolete. So we will soon have 5 subs. Also, we have 4 new corvettes on order. Some of the biggest ships in the Navy. What I'm saying is that Sweden is going from 1% of GDP to 2%, with indications that 2% will not be enough. So come back in 2 years and it might look bigger.
So many of these stats were so wrong with lower numbers than it actully is. For example it's more than 14k active personel, its 26k, and it's not 26 archers, it's 72 where some of them were donated to Ukraine. Its also more than 319 CV90, closer to 450.
Putin wanted less nato...he got more nato and alerted more nato nations to spend alot more on its military capability. Good job putin, you nightmare come true.😂
@@hemligx-sson8202 of course he did. They have always wanted what 🇷🇺 has. And what’s happening now was planned over 50 years ago when the w3f was founded in 1970
Correction it is around 24,000 active and 32,900 reservists and 7 corvettes not 14,850 active and 11,450 reservists and 5 corvettes do proper research. Otherwise good video.
And the Häggströms Bandvagn specialized ultralight armoured transport. and the upcoming monster of submarine, A26. Super quiet, can be submerged for at least three weeks, capable of under water operations with divers or robotics. But are they Global eye connected without sending data? Must be insanely beneficial.
@@jamesmccann531 Because it's not a SAAB video. It appears to be from "Forces News". An arrogant journalist who doesn't care about our Swedish language. "Gripen" is pronounced with a long vowel and even stress. SAAB is an abbreviation of Svenska Aeroplane aktiebolaget. limited company = aktiebolag
@@tomasgidlof9545 Jag sa inte att det var en SAAB-video. Det var James McCaan som nämnde nån annan video som han sett som uttalade Gripen på samma sätt som i denna video, och frågade varför de gjorde det.
There is also the home guard of some 20,000, know-how and capacity to grow. During the peak of the cold war, they had 500,000 mobilizable troops and spent 5% of their GDP on the military, including an air force of over 1,000 Swedish-built jet fighters. This may not be what is needed in the 21st century of course.
As a Swede I am just happy that NATO can now more easily defend the Baltic states. I am only pro joining NATO because of what Sweden can do to help others. Solidarity. Otherwise I do not think Russia would even have a chance taking Sweden, even without NATO membership lol.
The selection-rate for conscripts is spiking right now. Last year 5,5k was selected for conscripts, this year it is close to 7k. Percentage-wise its going up as well.
back in the day sweden could mobilize about 800k strong military in very quick time, there were weapon storages in forrest all over the country, fighter jets hidden in the forest all over the country from south to north, then open the forrest drive out fighterjets and away it goes on the highwayroads
Sweden relies on technological prowess rather than using military conscripts as a cannon fodder the way that Russia does. This means that a smaller military can still be very strong because those fewer troops are nonetheless well-trained and well-equipped. They are a valuable addition to NATO and, along with Finland, neutralize the threat posed by the Kaliningrad exclave that is Russia's main Baltic military position.
Don't forget all the 40+ who have done military service and can move in as the People's Army. Who knows how it feels when a hand grenade explodes in the ass and fired thousands of rounds, lay in the field for weeks and can disassemble and reassemble the weapon in the dark under a minute and has nothing to lose.
Sweden has 14,850 active personnel and 11,450 reservists - that's not an armed force but an exercise in political spin. Finland has a lesser population but has 24,000 active personnel that can be rapidly expanded in wartime to 280,000 plus another 870,000 reservists. Sweden's military service must be universal with reserve obligations till the age of 50 for field personnel.
The video is not correct with its information. The Swedish Armed Forces are made up of 24,400 active personnel, 11,400 military reserves, 21,500 Home Guard and 5,200 additional conscripts yearly into the Reserves (set to increase to 8,000 conscripts yearly by 2024) as of 2022. With the recent massive increase in military spending (dubbled in the past couple of years, aimed to be 2.1% of GDP by the end of this year) You can count on that number being even higer than that as we speak, and drastically increase in the following years. Also worth mentioning is that our military is based and constructed on needing fewer personel, take the rearming of a Gripen that can be done in
Something everyone is missing is that military service is mandatory for every male Swede at the age of majority. So yes every single man has been trained and could be called up. Army is potentially much bigger than you think.
Not every male - the majority of males. Some (for example asthmatics) aren't fit enough for military service, and others aren't mentally healthy enough. I know it's obvious to us - and probably others - that those wouldn't be able to join military service, however it bears clarifying for the minority who don't read between the lines. The Swedish military's mantra is quality (personnel and equipment) before quantity.
National service can be performed either in the military or civilian form; civil defense is very important and requires less expensive equipment. Civil service is mandatory for people who want to work in the health and the electricity sector. Most countries in the EU and NATO could benefit from adopting Sweden "Total Defence doctrine".
I'm surprised Sweden's most diabolical WMD is not mentioned here: Surströmming.
That’s a state secret. It’s actually forbidden under the Geneva convention
Blasphemy! Never mention it by its true name!!
Thats our very leathel biological weapon.
I remember some French SF guys who went to train in Lapland saying it was like some french cheeses, very strong smell but delicious in taste.
@@jean-pascalesparceil9008 It smells horrid but is kinda sweet
Sweden is a great country. Thank You joining NATO from the US
Bro. The US is the biggest militairy force in the world. Sweden doesn’t really make a dent. Not sure what you are thanking us for
@@SwedishNationalist Sweden joining the alliance definitely doesn't hurt it. Of course Sweden's military is not comparable to the US', but every member makes a difference. Except for Belgium, but that might just be my hatred for Belgium talking. Greetings from Germany.
@@SwedishNationalist You'll make more of a dent than the US is at the moment - seems like they're throwing away both their word and their standing in the world at the moment arguing over nothing. I appreciate it's not all of them, a minority in fact, but it's happening.
Чем она великая? 🤣🤣🤣
Что такого великого сделала Швеция? 😊
Welcome to Sweden ! Thank you for joining NATO. We are infinitely stronger now.
o7
And for what purpose? providing weapons to longer the war.
@@adityakshirsagar5383it’s what n4to is built on. The invasion of others to plant central banks in to control.
Thanks ❤❤❤ we are very proud be Nato Alliance!!!
@@adityakshirsagar5383The purpose for having an army is to make your enemy think twice about attacking you. Thought this was elementary.
Sweden's Gotland submarines were so innovative, the US military leased one for three years so they could figure out why couldn't detect them.
Sweden actually left after 1 year, and no one noticed, since the US couldn't find the sub anyways. Some say they're still looking ;)
@@n00ki😂😂😂😂
@@n00ki Yeah, I think they just left a text "Just imagine we are there, you won't find us anyway" ;-)
Lol
Ah yes the war games simulation.There is a good video about that here on RUclips. How one swedish submarine fooled the entire US navy.Something like that
Sweden big respect from UK.🇬🇧
Nothing but respect for all the countries of UK
Great addition to NATO 🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍👍 May be a small armed forces but one that packs a powerful punch and technically superior in the cold weather climates…
Yea and full of people completely uninterested in that punch
@@syntheticdawn4992
Together we are stronger.
The Baltic sea will be looked after, the North Sea will also be looked after.
A great addition.
@@syntheticdawn4992stõp blowing hot air oût of yõur bêhind just cause you are a bùtthûrt little crëęp, Børis
The numbers are way off. Many more troops in reality than the video states😊
Rahhh superior Swedish technology mentioned
You forgot to mention the homeguard numbering 24000. Not enough but its a quality force that is almost doubling your force estimates
A good force, except for depth, i.e. reserves.
Hur som helst så är jag ytterst glad att ni nu kom med oss i Finland!
Well we have the best speed bump in the world , AKA Finland ;)
Finlands sak är vår !
Hmm.. some rather outdated information here.. conscription volumes are increasing, expected to reach 8000/year in 2025. It is likely to continue to increase, at least up to somewhere between 12000-20000, possibly higher. A lot of reevaluating going on, due to Ruzzia's attack on Ukraine. The number of Archers in service is correct for now, but another 48 is already ordered in production. It will probably increase further. The fighter fleet is presently about 100 airframes, but is set to 120 according to decisions made before Ruzzias full-scale attack, so it will probably be increased aswell.. & then you have signals intelligence platforms, & AWAC type of platforms. Presently 2 GlobalEye's are in production, with an other 2 optional in that contract.. In general, the numbers given in this clip are a bit low, & as expansion was a fairly high priority already before Ruzzias attack, it is likely to increase more & faster..🧐
Dont forgett Swedens 2 A26 submarines. Saab is currently building the world's most advanced conventional submarines. The new abilities that are now added to the A26 provide additional cutting edge in, among other things, weapon systems and stealth technology.
"The fighter fleet is presently about 100 airframes, but is set to 120 according to decisions made before Ruzzias full-scale attack"
The video mentions increasing the new model by up to 60 new frames
@@sevenhelmets Yes, well, I'd say things are in a bit of flux right now.. When the order of 60(-70) Gripen E's was placed, the prevailing ideas of the strategic outlook was very different from what it is now.. about a year before Ruzzias full scale attack on Ukraine, there was a decision to increase the active Gripen fleet 120 airframes.. A couple of months after that there was a decision to make a very substansial upgrade of the Gripen C/C fleet, to make it compatible with Gripen E, including new avionics, GaN radar, etc.. The also decided to use Gripen C/D's as fast jet trainer aircraft.. Now, with so many factors in flux, it's a bit hard to predict how they will move forward... On top of it, Ukraine could really use some Gripen's ASAP.. One rather straightforward solution would ofcourse be to order a second batch Gripen E's, &speed up production of them..🤔
@@leifiseland1218 to be fair all of these concerns about russian aggression were started when Russia invaded the crimea peninsula, if not alot earlier than that. We've had the Russians test our (and our neighbours') military readiness since the 2010s - I believe an increasingly aggressive Russia was the main reason why the government took back conscription, among others.
These early rearmament-decisions weren't made in a vacuum, us swedes and our government have felt the tensions from Russia for quite alot longer than the Ukraine War.
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In addition, there are 20,000 or so reasonably well equipped Home Guard soldiers, with at least 3 months basic, but many ex conscripts as well.
Not to mention that there ar many hunters in the north. So normal people have guns too.Its not a big thing but a german news channel mentioned it.
@JumboMceal Perhaps for conscripts doing their national service. Though it varies depending on what they get to do.
To be part of the Home Guard, you have to do 90 days of basic. Though some volunteers can undergo a 2 week course and then be placed in some vocations.
@@n0namesowhatblerp362 Yes, with scopes too, and not just in the north. So around 30 firearms per 100 people, similar to France, Germany and Austria from what I've read (not my area of expertise).
@@nhansemark That was a lazy estimate (Sweden have much more then Germany or France) , and considering Finland has 56 per 100 I believe we are much closer to those numbers , not counting the 25'000-35'000 illegal ones , I remember the last time they counted , only the Swiss had more then ous in europe
Sweden welcome Home that's where you belong , couldn't be happier, Sweden is a very developed powerful country, together we are unstoppable, love our northern neighbors
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They are not armed to the teeth; they are armed to the tissues
And they have impressed me with the S-tank since my childhood!
The Gripens are blooming awesome.
This is really starting to add up, into becoming really effective, so that we here in the Nordics can actually fight back and keep the line. Feeling this personally as a great relief as a Norwegian and and are really thankful to having Sweden and Finland on board.
As a Swedish, i can just say thanks to all support, and your welcome too. Together we will br stronger! 💪
A welcome addition of fine troops and equipment.
I cannot believe your army is so small that’s a disgrace
@@dustintacohands1107 Well, we have been neutral to any kind of war for over 200 years... So why not?? We have developed one of the best fighting planes in the world, also we have Scania and Volvo. Just as an exempel of our capability 🧐🧐🧐
@@dustintacohands1107
Neutral for 200 years. They see a threat and are acting on it. If the threat wasn't there, they wouldn't have joined.
It's a welcome addition. A hardcore fighting unit that ties up the Baltics.
@@robster7325
Russia has over a 1,000,000 army personal and your nation has only 20 thousand troops !?!? YOUR NEIGHBOR has made war on Ukraine for over 2 years and you have an army of 20,000….
Does that not seem like an issue to you???
From my perspective as an American you been expecting others to defend you . 20,000 isn’t right even for self defense you live next to Russia come on.
Don’t give me excuses about good equipment or peace you’re dealt with Russia you should know an army that size is unreasonable.
Thank you, Sweden!! With huge appreciation and love from Lithuania❤
Sweden, you are most welcome to the club. You're well trained and well equipped forces will be a valuable asset.
Not even Hitler could get Sweden to abandon its 200+ years long position of neutrality but Putin managed this feat. That's quite an achievement.
Well being America funded the Nazis and now NATO it’s not difficult lol
Slava Rossiya! 💪🏼🇷🇺🪆
@@fordwrc2006shut up, Traitor
@@fordwrc2006you're the Nazi in the first place. CONFESS
@@fordwrc2006I said shut up
@@jeanclaudejunior Slava Rossiya! 💪🏼🇷🇺🪆
Small or not, it's another helping hand to have with us during these dark times. The UK welcomes you to NATO.
Sweden is a potent member of Nato. And very welcome!
I’d rather not
@@SwedishNationalist you seem to be on your own
@alanmcmillan6969 I noticed that yes,seems to be on his own . And youre right , Sweden a potent member indeed ,and Very welcome
@@alanmcmillan6969Thanks brotha!
Yes, he is a "nationalist", but a scared one. He might even get paid to write, who knows? 😉
The majority are positive. sure, some leftists have protested but nothing major.
@@d4rd1v79Hardly a nationalist. Sweden Democrats warned about Russia fifteen years ago and demanded a much stronger Swedish defense, but they were laughed at, by the rest of the seven parties in the parliament.
These personele numbers don't mean much. If it ever came to it, Europe could/would enact conscription. You could bolster all the military numbers into the millions if you had to! Almost 500 million people live in Europe - putin knows this. Slava NATO!
Totally wrong, Sweden has a total of 55,000 soldiers plus those who have done their conscription 10-15 years back in the time that can be called up, so let's say in a fully functioning mobilization, Sweden could field a total of 65,000 thousand (just today) In 2028, the Swedish force is to total 100,000, which is still too small. Between the 1950s and 1970s, Sweden was able to mobilize 800,000. And in addition, Sweden has a force of 23,000 men in peacetime. Then it is calculated that they will be able to mobilize 70,000 in 2025 from today's 55,000 och
More like 90.000 including conscripts today.
@@petter5721And around a tenth of what it was during the Cold War.
you pull numbers out of your ass this nato decision was made by politicians & the onces who made it are just in charge cause of anti eu & anti nato party which has the 2nd highest number of votes. The will to fight in this country is nonexistant neither will we fight for others which will be quite telling if something ever happends.
Yay Sweden! Joining NATO is a very wise decision indeed!
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😂 yeah n4to combined 200 trillion in debt with most country’s so deindustrialised they can’t even protect there own borders. Well done Sweden. 🤦
Well I wish the people would have had a say in the matter… A referendum would have been appreaciated
@@SwedishNationalist democracy is an illusion.
I mean what does it matter if Trump maybe abandoning Nato?
Sweden afraid of Russian Federation. what a miserable country 😁😁
I am still rocking my Lundhag military boots. They supply loads of outdoor gear for civilian/military market. Used by a chosen few in 1982.
I got seven pairs off lundhags boots. Different types for summer, winter, skiing. Great stuff. Boots like Meindl works fine in other dryer climates but tend to die in sweden, i have seem quite a few where the soles just got loose.
Sweden have ordered 48 more Archer system
need moar
MOAR!!!!!
@@MajSoloas a Brit 🇬🇧 i welcome you to NATO 🇬🇧🤝🇸🇪!!!
For an such an alledged "small" place, Sweden's world famous armaments industries punch far above their weight!
What are Swedens strengths, you ask?
1. Its not dependent on the USA for weapons. Like Finland, its self sufficient.
2. It has a 400,000 reservist force that is fully equipped including wealons and can be mobilised at two weeks notice and they do regular training with the permanent force.
3. They hate Russians, and like Finland they are experts on arctic warfare.
4. Their young people take defence seriously and join up to fight, not qualify for free college.
5. They are politically neutral still and have no delusions about the danger from Russia.
If you were a country at risk, and you wanted three countries to be beside you, they would be Sweden, Finland, Poland and Australia.
400.000 reservists, they got such a massive mobilization force!? Also, you mentioned 4 countries at the end 🙃
The strength of sweden ammounts to how much the politicians open their asses to mass-immigration and defend it with nato . No revolutions against current regime can happen usa armies are legally allowed boots on the ground + immunity from law
Finland is self sufficient for everything but fighter jets
We have patria that makes vehicles
Our ships are built in Rauma shipyard
Weapons manufacturers TIKKA and SAKO
Bullets and shells are made by LAPUA
There are also 25.000 soldiers in the Home Guard. Ie Territorial Defence troops.
And we are just gonna ignore thew 60 thousand confirmed gang members within that country? Its a destabilized country that will collapse sooner or later.
Sweden has around the same number of fighter jets as Britain has, despite being seven times smaller than Britain in terms of population. That's a rather disturbing thought as discussions rage about how underfunded and underequipped the British armed forces are.
We really don't get much bang for our buck in the UK do we lol
We're a broken , toothless dog that still likes to bark. On its last legs...
All of Europe has similar issues. Germany was demilitarized, cut up and then told to fight for America despite being the main target of nukes not only from Russia but also France & America. Rest of europe all cut military spendings and none of us got any richer for it. The only way we've gotten richer in the past 35 years has been through technology, but even that has had a serious social and cultural price to pay.
Sweden's airforce, and armed forces in general, are set up to be purely defensive. It has very limited surveillance and EW, only training capabilities for air to air refuelling, no anti-submarine, and minimal transport; they simply didn't expect to need these as any conflict they'd be involved in would be on their own soil.
They bring exceptional quality to NATO but in the event of a conflict would be reliant on other nations to provide these capabilities. For comparison, the RAF's fixed wing transport fleet has 70 times Sweden's lift capacity over twice the distance.
@@garysmith5025 We are acutely aware , thats partly why we joined UK's JEF initiative
The number in the armed forces is totally wrong. There are around 20k active soldiers and there are around 6-8k troops that does conscription each year since like 2016.
About 50k in the homeguard which is the volenteer force, but ever since the war in Ukraine the recruitment office for the homeguard units have been overwhelmed with applicants and now there is basically a waiting list for years in some parts of the homeguard.
Sweden had around 500 cv90 before donating 50 to Ukraine, Sweden had 48 Archers (and 48 more on order) before giving Ukraine 8.
Välkommen Sverige. Bra att du har dig hos oss. Starkare tillsammans.
Let's not get into numbers only but the hearts of the Swedish are brave and they are well trained in harsh conditions. Germany failed in Russia mostly because of the cold. I bet they are in total a great addition for NATO, let the vikings in the north be our shield
Feel so much better that Sweden is in NATO! Shoutout to Sweden from the U.S!
welcome sweden ❤❤❤
No thanks personally
Welcome Sweden love you from 🇯🇴
Viva Sweden!
Excellently researched, the first video like this that I have seen getting the important facts right.
What could have been mentioned was swedish military industry. However, I got the inpression this vid was focused on current combat power specifically and in the near term this vid is pretty accurate.
EDIT: Haha, so many russian bots in the comments, it is glorious!
Its awesome to see the Baltics united for the first time in hundreds of years. Amazing. Welcome to the team 🙌.
P.S. Those Archer systems are INSANELY good.
Sweden, Norway and Denmark brought vikings on NATO's side.
they are not viking anymore :). their man's asses more pink from their girls.
Invaded just like the uk. More crimes and killings than ever. All Sweden have done is inherent the 200 trillion n4to debt
Along with Finland which were swedish during viking age. (lost to russia in the last war with them). Also Baltics was viking area. Even Kiev was founded by vikings. We're come to defend our thousand year old settlement. ;)
@@macjonte Ahem, the Viking Age lasted till the 11th century. Finland came gradually under Swedish influence starting from the 12th century -- although the start date is sketchy, too, as Sweden probably made up its first 'crusade' to Finland. The conquest, if you can call it that, was complete in the 13th century only.
I wouldn't go boasting about the present Baltic states being under the Vikings either.
@@peabase finnish language & finnic tribes reached finland by the 3rd century AD, before that the people living in finland were genetically identical to those in sweden. swedish and finnish connections are much older than christianity
Thanks for the video and kind words!
Wow...200 years neutrality. That tells you how serious ww3 has become.
Not even during the height of the cold war did our leaders consider signing away our neutrality. Those guys had balls and conviction they stood for something
Just like now Russia was the aggressor. Before the war 1808-1809 Finland was a part of Sweden then Russia stole it.
@@SwedishNationalist sluta nu vara en sån bitterfitta! Vi hade juh en stark egen militär på den tiden! Men oki, låt oss säga att vi inte gick med i Nato. Och Ryssland började anfalla Sverige hur ska vi försvara sverige om vi inte har allierade som är beredda att hjälpa oss? Hur? Ryssland må vara svagt men tillräckligt starkt för att köra över sverige.
@@SwedishNationalist Not really, Sweden cooperated closely with Nato since the 1950s. It was more of a domstic political move to be able to claim that we should not be allied with the USA, which the left always hated even more so after the US won the cold war and showed everyone that communism does not work. Sure, officially it was neutral but everyone knew which camp Sweden belonged to.
Most capable country to join Nato in years apart from Finland.
Im a Swede but I agree! Finland is a notch above what Sweden brings to NATO and we are brothers so together we bring a big punch ♥
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What Finland bring in military buildup Sweden compensate with strategic positioning.
Sweden Is strategically more important for NATO when it comes to supporting the Baltic states, NATO's Achille's heal.
Those corvettes also have stealth and gives off a very small radar echo, we've shared intelligence with NATO for decades, JAS Gripen has been NATO compatible for years as Link 16 was introduced a couple of years ago for NATO compatibility. So, joining NATO wasn't much of a surprise for us who have worked in the Armed forces.
Welcome to NATO, happy to have you with us. Please now make it your mission to make Canada live up to it's own NATO commitments.
We offered our Gripen fighters. The US was as usual threatening them to buy their weapons. So all money is going to keep the airplanes in the air. ;)
@@macjonte?
As the new kid on the block .. we would love to , but I dont think our politicans have that spine.
I can only implore you to speak with fellow Canadians and find someone you can vote for
I wonder if it would be possible to set up factories in other NATO countries and license build some of the Swedish military systems.
Three main ones come to mind.
- JAS 39 Gripen E
- CV90 IFV, they've worked on variants with 120mm main guns that give the light vehicle the punch of a MBT.
- Archer 155mm Mobile Gun System which according to the AFU is one of the best they have received in aid.
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Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland!
That’s not true. Its Army is being overhauled with conscription being reintroduced recently in 2018. The only thing going for them is their Navy and Airforce. So not the most advanced in the Europe-YET.
Welcome sweden ! Man lol nato now should have one monster of a hockey team between Canada,Sweden , finnland , and the US
We've had 5k conscripts coming in every year, and that has been increased to 10k now. We have around 30k active men in the field and 40k reserves, so that's wrongful information.
Can everybody just join NATO so we can finally have peace on earth.. The fact we have to have a NATO is truly sad 😔
lol, NATO has been the ones making wars and picking a fight with Russia, the West is like a hoard of locusts, wanting to devour every countries resources for money.
@@petera5560 uh huh sure keep saying that since you started the war in Ukraine and can’t even take Kiev in 2 weeks.
Definition of quality over quantity. A fantastic military that will make a fantastic ally.
More than anything, I'm excited to see the Gripen brought to NATO. A very impressive aircraft that will be a huge bonus to Europe's already pretty damn awesome aerial-combat capabilities.
Gripen is already in the NATO. It has been used by the airforces of Hungary and the Czech Republic for some years now.
@@SuperCactus99 I stand corrected then, I wasn't aware it was in use outside of Sweden.
@@forsain4533 , Gripen is also used in Brazil, Thailand and South Africa. Even the UK has one Gripen fighter for training purposes.
Now Scandinavian Vikings are gathered again! 💪
Dont forget, we will never give up.
The research in The video is a bit sloppy i cant lie. For example while The strv122 series is based on The leopard 2a5 it has been imporoved significantaly before being delivered and then modernised to be equivalent or better than The 2a7 so calling it a leopard tank is "wrong".
Sweden also has mandatory defence positions for pretty Much everyone between 18 and 70 something iirc while not all of Them would fight they all would serve a purpose in defence
The forces are growing but slowly as a lot of basesvand training facilities where disbanded and it takes time. Just the last years several army units has been re-established as well as one more AF flottila as the air force is growing
Welcome Sweden! Sweden brings some capable weapon systems to the NATO alliance. Now the northern flank is reinforced. The Gripen E variant has some advanced sensors and capabilities, thought to be equal or near equal to the F-35's advanced sensors too. Sweden's Gotland class subs are no joke. 1 of those managed to sink an American aircraft carrier (and I believe its escorting fleet of vessels too) without the latter knowing during a wargame exercise many years ago. The US Navy later asked to borrow the sub so that they can actually learn how they were sank and what their vulnerabilities are.
Putler is drawing new red lines.
Sweden has an Army under big changes. A lot of new equipment coming in, and a lot of new soldiers. This years conscripts will be the biggest group in many years.
We also have new subs on order, 2 in and 1 going obsolete. So we will soon have 5 subs. Also, we have 4 new corvettes on order. Some of the biggest ships in the Navy.
What I'm saying is that Sweden is going from 1% of GDP to 2%, with indications that 2% will not be enough. So come back in 2 years and it might look bigger.
This is a huge gain for NATO!
Welcome Sweeds
No thanks personally
Splendid news. Great addition with an accomplished military. It ties up the Baltics.
För oss finländare är Sverige världens käraste granne. Det är sant.
Super Troupers?
Putin said it doesn't bother him that Finland and Sweden joined the NATO as he has no problem with them.
Your numbers are way off!
There are many more troops in Sweden both full time, part time, reserv and (hemvärn) National Guard.
Yes! We need to help a cooperate with Sweden to become more powerful.
So many of these stats were so wrong with lower numbers than it actully is. For example it's more than 14k active personel, its 26k, and it's not 26 archers, it's 72 where some of them were donated to Ukraine. Its also more than 319 CV90, closer to 450.
Putin wanted less nato...he got more nato and alerted more nato nations to spend alot more on its military capability.
Good job putin, you nightmare come true.😂
And n4t0 wanted to keep Russia and China away from each other. Iran,China,Russia are now found joint military exercises together. Good job n4t0
Interestingly Putin wanted Russia to be a member of NATO during Bill Clinton’s presidency, but Clinton said “hell no”!
@@hemligx-sson8202 of course he did. They have always wanted what 🇷🇺 has. And what’s happening now was planned over 50 years ago when the w3f was founded in 1970
Correction it is around 24,000 active and 32,900 reservists and 7 corvettes not 14,850 active and 11,450 reservists and 5 corvettes do proper research. Otherwise good video.
This could increase the risk of cardio vascular disease for Bloodimeer Phutin..
you forget a but SAAB Globaleye :)
And the Häggströms Bandvagn specialized ultralight armoured transport.
and the upcoming monster of submarine, A26. Super quiet, can be submerged for at least three weeks, capable of under water operations with divers or robotics. But are they Global eye connected without sending data? Must be insanely beneficial.
Anybody else’s member pack a small but powerful punch?
Finnland.
United States and Canada
Gripen ("the griffin") is pronounced like "Greepen", not "Grippen".
The Swedish word "grip" rhymes with "keep" or "deep" rather than "grip" or "dip".
Why then does a SAAB video pronounce it the way they did in this video?
@@jamesmccann531That you probably have to ask the ones who made that SAAB video.
@@jamesmccann531 Because it's not a SAAB video. It appears to be from "Forces News".
An arrogant journalist who doesn't care about our Swedish language.
"Gripen" is pronounced with a long vowel and even stress.
SAAB is an abbreviation of Svenska Aeroplane aktiebolaget.
limited company = aktiebolag
@@Asa...SDet är väl inte en SAAB video. 🙂🌷
@@tomasgidlof9545 Jag sa inte att det var en SAAB-video. Det var James McCaan som nämnde nån annan video som han sett som uttalade Gripen på samma sätt som i denna video, och frågade varför de gjorde det.
great
You forgot to mention the Homegaurd
Velkommen etter, brødre! Det var på tide ;D
Please, the numbers are totally wrong, check fact before!!
Sweden will soon have 160 modern Gripen fighters.
Wallenberg family must be stoked
@@hevnervalsNo one stopped you to start competing companies to theirs. Are you to lazy?
@@hemligx-sson8202 Wallenberg family is a 400 year old noble house that owns about 50% of the Swedish GDP, including private ownership of SAAB.
Si vis pacem para bellum.
There is also the home guard of some 20,000, know-how and capacity to grow. During the peak of the cold war, they had 500,000 mobilizable troops and spent 5% of their GDP on the military, including an air force of over 1,000 Swedish-built jet fighters. This may not be what is needed in the 21st century of course.
Well that what we got right now... 2-3% of bnp will make a huge difference!
As a Swede I am just happy that NATO can now more easily defend the Baltic states.
I am only pro joining NATO because of what Sweden can do to help others.
Solidarity.
Otherwise I do not think Russia would even have a chance taking Sweden, even without NATO membership lol.
Would be awesome if they started referring to themselves as the "Carolingian Army" once again.
The selection-rate for conscripts is spiking right now. Last year 5,5k was selected for conscripts, this year it is close to 7k. Percentage-wise its going up as well.
Sweden didn't need Nato due to it's scandinavian alliance, Nato needed Sweden due to it's baltic sea positioning.
A bit like ourselves then.
I am confident the home guards could expand to 300 000 in matter of days.
A well trained army is not to be sniffed at
Same with the Finnish
They are no pushover just look at there history 👍
For an alledged small place, Sweden's worldwide marketed armaments industries punch above their weight.
Dear Sweden 🇸🇪 welcome to the NATO family 🇸🇪🇨🇦💙
back in the day sweden could mobilize about 800k strong military in very quick time, there were weapon storages in forrest all over the country, fighter jets hidden in the forest all over the country from south to north, then open the forrest drive out fighterjets and away it goes on the highwayroads
Sweden relies on technological prowess rather than using military conscripts as a cannon fodder the way that Russia does. This means that a smaller military can still be very strong because those fewer troops are nonetheless well-trained and well-equipped. They are a valuable addition to NATO and, along with Finland, neutralize the threat posed by the Kaliningrad exclave that is Russia's main Baltic military position.
Don't forget all the 40+ who have done military service and can move in as the People's Army. Who knows how it feels when a hand grenade explodes in the ass and fired thousands of rounds, lay in the field for weeks and can disassemble and reassemble the weapon in the dark under a minute and has nothing to lose.
is the russians military start the second front in the borders if sweden and finland?
Sweden has 14,850 active personnel and 11,450 reservists - that's not an armed force but an exercise in political spin. Finland has a lesser population but has 24,000 active personnel that can be rapidly expanded in wartime to 280,000 plus another 870,000 reservists. Sweden's military service must be universal with reserve obligations till the age of 50 for field personnel.
In case of war, every Swedish citizen between the ages of 16-70 are obligated to serve the country
The video is not correct with its information.
The Swedish Armed Forces are made up of 24,400 active personnel, 11,400 military reserves, 21,500 Home Guard and 5,200 additional conscripts yearly into the Reserves (set to increase to 8,000 conscripts yearly by 2024) as of 2022.
With the recent massive increase in military spending (dubbled in the past couple of years, aimed to be 2.1% of GDP by the end of this year) You can count on that number being even higer than that as we speak, and drastically increase in the following years.
Also worth mentioning is that our military is based and constructed on needing fewer personel, take the rearming of a Gripen that can be done in
Something everyone is missing is that military service is mandatory for every male Swede at the age of majority. So yes every single man has been trained and could be called up. Army is potentially much bigger than you think.
Not every male - the majority of males. Some (for example asthmatics) aren't fit enough for military service, and others aren't mentally healthy enough.
I know it's obvious to us - and probably others - that those wouldn't be able to join military service, however it bears clarifying for the minority who don't read between the lines.
The Swedish military's mantra is quality (personnel and equipment) before quantity.
This is false. Conscription was recently started again, but the training capacity has been very low, but it is growing.
National service can be performed either in the military or civilian form; civil defense is very important and requires less expensive equipment. Civil service is mandatory for people who want to work in the health and the electricity sector. Most countries in the EU and NATO could benefit from adopting Sweden "Total Defence doctrine".
Yes. Sweden is like David vs Goliat if invaded by Russia but NATO USA is supporting her.
Uhm, Sweden ditched neutrality and non-alignment when it joined the EU in 1995. The EU also has a joint military clause much like Article 5 on NATO.
UKRAYIN. 🇺🇦 NATO.