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Defense Post: US B-1B Bombers Land in Sweden for Exercises for First Time
US bomber jets have landed in Sweden for the first time in modern history for training exercises with the NATO invitee, the military said Wednesday.
Sweden, which abandoned two centuries of military non-alignment to seek NATO membership last year, announced earlier this month that it was ready to host NATO troops and materiel on its soil even before it becomes a member of the alliance.
Two American B-1B Lancers landed at Lulea-Kallax airport in northern Sweden on Monday June 19, the military said.
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Update #1: US B-1 Bombers Land in Sweden for First Time (Air & Space Forces)
Update #2: 1st Time In History, US B-1B Bombers Deployed To Sweden To Defend It From Potential Russian Aggression (EurAsian Times)
WNU Editor: I guess the expectation is that even though Sweden is not a member of NATO yet, it soon will be.
The sense I'm getting is that NATO will eventually be subsumed by this new group being discussed to "provide security assurances to Ukraine and Sweden". It's easier to make a new structure than kick Turkiye and Hungary out of the existing one.
ReplyDeleteGood concept....and good prediction....we shall see
ReplyDeleteIts a preparation incase pootin will blow up the reactors in Ukraine. USA positions bomber to attcak russia incase
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