Sweden "has a significant chance for innovation because it can rebuild its defense forces within a wider context and perspective while relying heavily on domestic defense companies that the country has not yet tapped to its full benefit," writes analyst Robbin Laird.
The military's standards for committed members and new recruits have dropped in 2022 as the services struggle to overcome challenges in filling the ranks.
The last time this famously neutral country went to war, Napoleon was on the back foot in France, and Britain was preparing to burn Washington.But Russia’s attack of Ukraine has.