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Additional countries consider security links with US National Guard
Switzerland, Finland and Sweden are considering joining the U.S. National Guard’s security partnership program, Gen. Dan Hokanson said.
By Tara Copp, AP
Watchdog: Nuclear states modernize weapons, Chinese arsenal growing
Swedish think tank Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said that “we are drifting into one of the most dangerous periods in human history."
By The Associated Press
US defense secretary forecasts Sweden will join NATO by mid-July
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrived in Stockholm Tuesday for the first leg of a four-day visit to Europe.
Dover Lab DNA Proves Woman was on famed 17th century Swedish warship
The Delaware-based Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory helped confirm that a woman was on a 17th century Swedish warship that sank on maiden voyage.
By Jan M. Olsen, The Associated Press
Turkey’s president says he will back Finland’s NATO bid
Turkey, Finland and Sweden signed an agreement in June of last year to resolve differences over the Nordic states’ membership.
Push for naval ‘interchangeability’ will require help from industry
The U.S. Navy and its closest allies and partners continue their quest to become interchangeable, but they can’t do it without international supply chains.
Weapons shortages spark tough choices for Ukraine’s allies
Arms shortages among Ukraine’s allies are forcing difficult conversations about how to balance support concerns Russia may target them next.
By Joe Gould
US Senate votes in favor of Finland, Sweden joining NATO
Sweden and Finland applied to join NATO in May, setting aside their longstanding stance of military nonalignment.
Turkey lifting objections to Sweden, Finland joining NATO
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine prompted Sweden and Finland to abandon their long-held nonaligned status and apply to join NATO. But Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had blocked the move, insisting the Nordic pair change their stance on Kurdish rebel groups that Turkey considers terrorists.
By Jill Lawless and Joseph Wilson, AP
Swedish, US troops drill on remilitarized Baltic Sea island
U.S. Marines have conducted air drops and amphibious landings on Gotland as part of a NATO exercise in the Baltic Sea.
Major Baltic Sea exercise kicks off as Swedish, Finnish NATO bids wait on Turkey
The NATO exercise BALTOPS – to be held on the Baltic Sea next week – is the latest showing of unity and military strength as Sweden and Finland trade neutrality for NATO’s embrace in the wake of Russia’s three-month-old invasion of Ukraine.
By Joe Gould