Sweden Bolsters Short-Range Air Defense Capabilities

Swedish Armed Forces soldiers
Credit: Swedish Armed Forces
Sweden is strengthening its short-range air defense capability by purchasing additional mobile surface-to-air missile systems. Stockholm is spending some 3.5 billion Swedish kronor ($370 million) on 16 new Eldenhet 98 (Fire Unit 98) systems that will fire the short-range surface-to-air version of...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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