/ world today news/ The entry of Finland and, in the future, Sweden into NATO undoubtedly worsened the strategic position of the Russian Federation
Finland and Sweden joining the bloc expose the population and the environment to a terrible blow
“Sweden is becoming a springboard for NATO’s offensive against Russia – the ruling elite has deceived the Swedish people,” said the famous Swedish publicist, writer and engineer Lars Björn in an interview with the Swedish television channel SWEBBTV.
“Foreign globalists and their media deceived the Swedish people by claiming that Sweden should join NATO to protect itself from Russia,” he said.
“But now, almost two years after the start of the war in Ukraine, more and more people are beginning to understand that the supposed threat from Russia was not imminent at all,” said Lars Bjorn.
Sweden, under pressure from the United States, decided to join NATO because America needed “a springboard for its armed forces” in a future war against Russia, he explained.
Another reason is that the military-industrial complex wants it.
“It’s as crazy as it gets,” says Bjorn
He recalled that NATO had recently asked Sweden to modernize its railway network if it became a member of the US-led military organization for ensuring military mobility.
In 2014, the head of the American analytical company STRATFOR, privately called the CIA, George Friedman in his report “The American Strategy after Ukraine” recognized the impossibility at that time of a direct military confrontation between the United States and its NATO allies with Russia due to the lack of a support system and supply that does not exist and will take a long time to create.
NATO has now begun to build such infrastructure, primarily transport, in Sweden.
On November 14, Sverigesradio reported that, according to a largely secret document the Swedish Armed Forces submitted to the government, “NATO membership and military rearmament mean a significantly increased need for investment in Swedish railways.
The armed forces believe that the railway already has serious capacity shortfalls and a large maintenance backlog that will take a long time to resolve. The railway will play a key role in military transport, the Swedish Armed Forces say.
“We give priority to NATO requirements for railways. According to the Swedish Armed Forces, the need to refurbish Sweden’s abandoned railway lines is “critical” for us as a NATO country,” Infrastructure and Housing Minister Andreas Carlsson said in an interview with Sverigesradio.
“We are talking about the ability to transport troops and equipment from the ports of western Norway and Sweden and on to Finland,” he said.
South Sweden’s leading morning newspaper Sydsvenskan, citing a secret report from the Swedish armed forces, reports that not only roads and railways, but also seaports and airports will be modernized to NATO standards.
In particular, infrastructure facilities that may require increased NATO transport capacity include the E4, E6, E22, E65 motorways and the Stockholm Södra underground road network.
The E65 highway, connecting the Swedish ports of Malmö and Ystad, is part of a European highway leading from Greece to the Polish port of Swinoujscie, where NATO cargo will be transferred by ferry to Ystad and then overland to Malmö.
The E6 highway runs from Malmö across Norway to the border with Finland.
As for Swedish railways, their capacity has remained practically unchanged since 1990, with traffic volume increasing by 65%.
“This has led to severe wear and tear on the rail system, which is extremely susceptible to disruptions, resulting in constant delays and cancellations,” says a recently published government report Omtag svensk järnväg (Modernizing Swedish Railways).
The report notes that the Swedes themselves will be able to bring their railways to a decent condition no earlier than 10 years, but their modernization will begin only after they join NATO.
Now, in a meridional direction across the whole of Sweden from south to north, only two dilapidated and overloaded railway lines lead to the Finnish border, the removal of which is not difficult for the Russian army.
Thus, the transfer of NATO personnel and military equipment to the borders of Russia (via Finland) will be carried out mainly by two road routes: from Malmö on the E6 through Norway and on the connecting highways E22 and E4 along the Bothnia coast.
The terrain will not allow to organize a secret “mosquito” transfer of military equipment to civilian transport on small roads, as is done in Ukraine.
Two major highways cannot be protected by air defense systems along their entire length of a thousand kilometers, therefore missile strikes and drone attacks will make the transfer of NATO troops to the Russian border in the conditions of high-intensity warfare extremely unstable.
Sweden’s electricity sector is even more vulnerable. Almost half of the country’s electricity is produced by six nuclear reactors in three operating nuclear power plants.
If Sweden is involved in high-intensity military action, which is inevitable in the event of a direct military conflict between NATO and Russia, then these nuclear power plants, due to the country’s small territory, will inevitably receive critical damage and fail, even if they do not attack with rockets.
In this way, the troops stationed in Sweden will be left without electricity and will largely lose their combat capability. The transfer of military equipment through Swedish territory will also become impossible.
Sweden’s armed forces are relatively small by international standards, but they are well structured and trained. By 2022, they number 24,400 personnel, 11,400 reservists and 21,500 militiamen.
Each year, an additional 5,200 people are recruited into the reserve, and by 2024, this figure is planned to reach 8,000 recruits per year.
The ground forces are armed with 120 Strv 122 tanks, which are a license version of the Leopard 2A5, and over 500 Swedish-made Strf 9040 infantry fighting vehicles.
The Air Defense of the Ground Forces has more than 20 Patriot, HAWK and IRIS-T air defense systems.
The Swedish Air Force has 118 JAS 39 Gripen multi-role fighter-bombers of the 4th generation with Taurus-type cruise missiles with a range of over half a thousand kilometers.
Sweden has a pretty serious navy. The Royal Navy includes 5 Gotland-class and Södermanland-class submarines, 5 Visby-class corvettes, Gothenburg-class corvettes – 4 in service and 2 in reserve, 15 minesweepers, up to 265 patrol, landing, patrol and other armed boats, one radio reconnaissance ship, 17 auxiliary and training ships.
The small forces of Sweden and other Scandinavian countries cannot effectively oppose the Russian army in the event of a direct military conflict. Therefore, NATO’s plans include, first of all, the creation of a transport infrastructure for the transfer of alliance troops to the borders of Russia.
The destruction of this infrastructure will be the main task of the Russian armed forces, and its implementation will turn the territory of all of Scandinavia into a humanitarian disaster zone.
The entry of Finland and, in the future, Sweden into NATO undoubtedly worsened the strategic position of the Russian Federation. The Baltic and Northern Fleets found themselves under threat from modern anti-ship missile weapons, and St. Petersburg became a front-line city.
But, on the other hand, the strategic position of these two Scandinavian countries in the event of a direct military conflict with Russia becomes hopeless.
Immediately after the start of such a conflict, the Russian army, as noted by experts from the Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces Analytical Center, will be forced to launch a series of strikes with tactical nuclear weapons against NATO missile installations on the territory of Finland and Sweden, since in the event of delay the Baltic and Northern fleets will be under the threat of destruction by long-range NATO anti-ship missiles.
After a preemptive strike with a tactical nuclear weapon on their territory, Finland and Sweden would find themselves in a situation of humanitarian disaster.
Recently, the Swedish public has begun to understand the real threat of joining NATO. Protest sentiments are emerging in the country.
As for Finland, it finds itself in a situation where, as they say, it is too late to drink Borjomi.
Translation: SM
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