I guess I would say that Russia does not fear Sweden's submarines, and that the article does not make an adequate argument that it does. What Russia has a problem with is one that it has had for centuries and been unable to resolve.<p>Since the end of the Great Northern War Russia's best ports are on the Baltic, and Russia has had a large strategic focus on the North - reference <a href="https://www.doria.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/156474/sundberg_ulf.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y" rel="nofollow">https://www.doria.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/156474/sundberg_...</a> - but the Baltic is in a lousy strategic placement. If you were playing a military game you would want to expend a lot of manpower and economic might to get other ports that you could use, but they have never really managed this because unlike a military board game you can't just roll the dice a bunch of times and move your counters into Iran and solve your problems. I mean Russia won the war, but they didn't win the war enough to not be hemmed in by the Kattegat and better positions of Denmark and Sweden in the area.<p>Sweden's submarines are just the latest iteration of this long term problem.
<i>And they aren’t even nuclear powered.</i><p>Since those subs are defensive (defensive attack subs) and don’t need to roam the seven seas, nuclear power wouldn’t offer much. Moreover, diesel subs running electric are very quiet.
Clicked the link thinking that this would be some sort of grander geopolitical argument(alliances, treaties, borders, size of fleet).<p>I have instead finally crawled out of the rabbit hole that is international submarine comparison (think <a href="https://www.gsmarena.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.gsmarena.com/</a> or <a href="https://youtu.be/zIjngBAxTr4" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/zIjngBAxTr4</a> (This could be a post on its own (Do you guys think the iPhone 1 with updated internals could outsell the newest iPhone? Is this actually the newest SE ?)).<p>What was most surprising to me is that there is a standardized way to become an international submarine dealer. What if I told you that a
Master’s Degree in Conflict Resolution
from Georgetown University
could land you such career.
I don't know about you, but I was shocked!<p>I have a final question. How does Sweden's purchase choices on the submarine market explain Russia's fear of their submarines? Actually, after rereading the article, I'm not even sure what the author's whole point is?<p>I will now go to bed very confused about submarines :(
A Stirling engine powered Swedish sub sank the USS Ronald Reagan in a war game exercise. It was able to get within range of the aircraft carrier because the Stirling engine is very quiet. For more about Stirling engines, I recommend reading: <a href="https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2013/11/30/stirling-silver" rel="nofollow">https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2013/11/30/...</a>
Dear Kockums, could you please quote one (1) medium sized A26 configured without weapons for use as a private yacht? Will I need permission from the State Department for that? Regards...
Facts about the Kockums:<p>> stretching them out from forty-eight to sixty meters<p>It reaches a prodigious length.<p>> hull will also be unusually resilient to underwater explosions<p>It's hard.<p>> a special ‘multi-mission’ portal for deploying special forces<p>It's ready to unload high-quality seamen.<p>If they staged an invasion of America, when the tears of laughter finally subsided, we'd already be completely conquered.