Keeping the Cold War Alive: Why Sweden is Combat-Ready

The Gripen and the Swedish Air Force are symbolic of the readiness Sweden has maintained despite the end of the Cold War. Joining Chris is Prof. Justin Bronk from RUSI, to explain how different the Swedish operational approach is to NATO.

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00:00 - Sweden's Air Force
00:21 - Basing
02:24 - Dispersal
03:40 - Training
06:15 - Swedish Air Force in a nutshell
06:50 - Finland: Similar to Sweden?
07:46 - Applying the Swedish Model to NATO
08:55 - Gripen specialization
09:36 - Limitations to adapting lessons from Sweden

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