Sweden aims to prepare critical infrastructure for potential war with Russia - Bloomberg
Sweden aims to prepare critical infrastructure for potential war with Russia - Bloomberg
Sweden wants to prepare for a possible military conflict with Russia, so the country needs to modernize its ports, roads, rail networks, hospitals and shelters, according to Bloomberg.
Sweden wants to restore operation of old power plant
The agency writes that the mothballed power plant near the Eresund Strait was planned to be dismantled and sent to new owners abroad. However, after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the government changed the country's defense policy and is now forcing a rethink of energy security plans.
Bloomberg writes that Sweden's energy infrastructure is particularly vulnerable due to its geographic location.
Sweden fears sabotage
About 16 thousand kilometers of power lines that help connect production in the north with major cities in the south run through dense forests.
According to Vera van Zoest, a senior lecturer at the Swedish Defense University, this makes the power system more open to sabotage than in many other European countries, and Sweden should be prepared for disruptions.
"Critical infrastructure, like for example the electricity grid, is often a main target in times of war," van Zoest says.
Sweden developing civil defense sector
By the end of 2028, about 1,000 qualified Swedes are to be called up to protect the energy supply as part of their mandatory civilian duty. This is a form of national service that was discontinued after the Cold War but reintroduced this year.
These people will build stronger fences and increase monitoring of the power system. The Swedish government has budgeted about 5.5 billion kronor ($510 million) for civil defense in 2024, almost three times more than in 2021.
Recently, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that countries should be more like Finland, which borders Russia and has built and maintained a robust civil defense infrastructure for decades. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has already taken this into account.
Military conflict between Russia and NATO members is possible
Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Western countries became concerned about their security, and some of them suggested that Russia could attack NATO members.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy recently said that a war between Russia and NATO is possible, and the Baltic states could be at risk. A confrontation is possible if Ukraine does not resist.
Story by Liliana Oleniak: RBC Ukraine:
Articles-Popular
- Main
- Contact Us
- Planetary Existences-2
- Planetary Existences
- TWO REVELATIONS-2
- The Two Revelations
- Jeffery Epstein - The Saga - 9
- Jeffery Epstein - The Saga - 8
- Jeffery Epstein - The Saga - 10
- Universality of Initiation
- The Participants In The Mysteries-2
- The Path Of Initiation
- Initiation and the Devas
- The Fourth Way - Study of Oneself - P.D.Ouspensky
- Impeachment Investigators Subpoena White House - Ukraine
- Discipleship - Group Relations - 2
- The Probationary Path - 2
- The Final Initiation
- The Succeeding Two Initiations
- The Participants In The Mysteries
- Discipleship - Group Relationships
- Discipleship
- Jeffery Epstein - The Saga - 7
- The Fourth Way - Wrong Functions - P.D Ouspensky
- Statues are a mark of honour. Like Edward Colston, Cecil Rhodes and Oliver Cromwell have to go
- Jeffery Epstein - The Saga - 6
Articles - Latest
- Russian spy expelled from Britain under crackdown as Vladimir Putin told to stop 'malign activity'
- John Swinney to become Scottish first minister after vote by MSPs
- Russia threatens to strike UK military sites amid rising tensions over Ukraine
- Nigel Farage drops huge election hint - and Rishi Sunak will be happy
- China's president arrives in Europe to reinvigorate ties at a time of global tensions
- Russia issues WW3 'retaliation' warning to London over Crimea Bridge
- The Tory big beasts tipped to lose their seats
- Andy Burnham makes cheeky request to people of Manchester as he’s re-elected mayor
- The unexpected announcement of a prime minister divides Haiti's newly created transitional council
- Blinken to Hamas: Accept Israel's 'extraordinarily generous' Gaza truce proposal
- 'Loan shark', 83, ordered to pay back over £173,000
- Thai court adds jail time for rights lawyer who urged monarchy reform
- Rapist jailed a decade after campaign of abuse against London woman
- Former SNP council leader appears in court charged with sexual offences
- Former mayor of Winchester smothered elderly mother with cushion, court told