For the first time as a NATO member, Sweden is involving its armed forces in the Alliance’s defense and deterrence activities in the region.
Sweden will contribute three warships and an air force plane to the NATO operation to protect submarine cables in the Baltic Sea, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said. Yle reported this on Monday, January 13.
He did not specify which ships were involved. As for aircraft, we are talking about ASC 890 – the so-called “flying radar” designed for radar reconnaissance. It is capable of detecting objects on the surface of the sea at a distance of 350 km and even detect targets the size of a jet ski.
Kristersson noted that for the first time as a NATO member, Sweden is involving its armed forces in the Alliance’s defense and deterrence activities in the region. He announced this at the opening of the annual security conference in Selena.
“Sweden is not at war, but there is no peace either,” the prime minister described the current situation. He believes that the cable damage in the Baltic Sea is unlikely to be an accident. Kristersson warned that Sweden and its neighbors could face new “hybrid attacks”, including sabotage, disinformation and cyber hacking.
The decision to increase NATO’s military presence in the Baltic Sea was made at the end of December at the request of Finland and Estonia. The Alliance will send ten ships on patrol.
Earlier it became known that patrol ships of the Estonian Navy, starting from December 27, will guard the Estlink 1 submarine cable, which provides energy links between Estonia and Finland.
As you know, on December 26, three communication cables between Estonia and Finland failed. The Eagle S tanker is suspected, which may be part of the Russian “shadow fleet”.
The EU is preparing sanctions against the Russian Federation for harmful cables
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