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Will nowadays 900 or 1000 seeman plus 1550 or 1450 coast guards men how are seeman they also but only coverage in Baltic Sea.

10 or 20 coast guards boats away from Swedish Navy.

Thinking new size now by Professional Army in Swedish. Under 16000 soldiers and seeman. Nice.

9200 soldiers and 800 seeman plus 4000 in personnal in Swedish AF. Just like in Global Fire Power this year 14000 soldiers in armies.

10000 soldiers in only Army in Home Guards like today in Swedish Armed Forces. Small strenght Fleet in Home Guards today.

Just little bit after I thinks 6000 in Fleet and 8000 in Air Force.

Just like Global Fire Power strenght last year and this year. Out with Army like general willing this year or in 2019. One brigades in southern Sweden strong enough having little Army but by AF personnal. 1000 personnal in AF with 30 Gripens hoes go to 60 new Gripen 2022. Plus 3000 for out lands service is enough. Plus 3000 Marines 3 places in middle of Sweden. I'm no sure about sizes but I belief in 800-1000 warriors in Fleet is best._

Thinking nows 5500 in Home Guards, 4000 in Army and 1000 warriors in Fleet. 10500 troops is good. No AF. Only in my dreams. Have writen in first posts in swedish forum about this troops. Bosnia have this for 5 years back. But in Bosnia they have no Fleet some in Sweden and Croatia. Bosnia are same like central Europe Army and Air Force.

Screenshot taken from a video here (IDEX)about EF weapon upgrades. It's a mockup, but still awsome:

1x ASRAAM, 3xBrimstone, 1xStorm Shadow, 2xPaveway IV and 1x Meteor. Just on one half of the aircraft:

Scratch said:

EF weapon upgrades. It's a mockup, but still awsome:

1x ASRAAM, 3xBrimstone, 1xStorm Shadow, 2xPaveway IV and 1x Meteor. Just on one half of the aircraft:

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That is an awesome weapons loadout!

So, the full load out, if it is symmetric, would b:

2 x ASRAAM SR AAMs
2 x Meteor, Long Range BVRAAMs
6 x Brimstone ASMs
2 x Storm Shadow ALCMs
4 x Paveway IV LGBs

That could put a lot of hurt on somebody and just make their day a very bad day.

7 Turkey Perry on 8 upgraded

The Dutch parliament has approved an order for the nation’s first production batch of eight F-35A Lightning IIs, to be delivered in 2019.
“With this decision, we have reached the point of no return in the replacement of the [Lockheed] F-16,” said defence minister Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert on 26 February.

The Royal Netherlands Air Force is already operating two F-35As, which were acquired to enable the service to participate in US-led initial operational test and evaluation of the Joint Strike Fighter. In early February, these were moved from Eglin AFB in Florida to Edwards AFB in California.

From its next batch of eight F-35As, which will be assembled at Lockheed’s Fort Worth site in Texas, six will remain at a multinational pilot training centre in Luke AFB, Arizona until the end of the transition process in 2023. The two test aircraft now at Edwards AFB will also be relocated to Luke on the completion of the IOT&E activity.

Once the Dutch air force has completed its transition to the new type, five aircraft will remain in the USA for training and testing purposes. The rest of its fleet will be used to form three squadrons based in the Netherlands.

Three further batches of eight aircraft each will be ordered between 2016 and 2018, before a final three are expected to be purchased in 2019, to complete an operational buy of 35. All of these will be delivered from a final assembly and check-out centre built at Cameri air base in Italy under a joint venture between Lockheed and Alenia .

The first operational unit in the Netherlands will be 322 Sqn at Leeuwarden air base, and the defence ministry will next year launch preparations to accommodate the new fighters. 322 Sqn should achieve initial operational capability status in 2021 with aircraft in the Block 3F configuration, the software standard required to support training from the previous year.

Achieving IOC status will make it possible for the air force to provide four aircraft and sufficient crews for international missions for a period of three to four months.

Full operational status with all three frontline units – including the Volkel-based 312 and 313 squadrons – should be achieved in 2024. The defence ministry plans to have 29 combat-ready pilots for an operational force of 32 F-35As, with the other aircraft in regular maintenance.

The Netherlands’ total budget for the is listed as almost €3.87 billion ($4.32 billion), including around €2.5 billion for the purchase of the airframes. Other major investments are of roughly €130 million for spare parts and about €110 million for a flight simulator. The defence ministry notes that its total purchase could rise above 37 aircraft if the total price is reduced, or if other costs remain below budget.

The Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2) sailed into the Black Sea this week. Pretty strong Squadron of six ships, led by a US Ticonderoga Class AEGIS Cruiser.

US, Canadian, Italian, Turkish, Romanian, and German vessels.


USS Vicksburg CG 69, US Navy Ticonderoga AEGIS Class Cruiser
HMCS Fredericton FFH 337, Candaian Halifax Class Frigate
ITS Aliseo F 574, Italian Italian Maestrale Class Frigate
TCG Turgutreis F 241, Turkish, Yavus Class Frigate
ROS Regina Maria F 222, Romanian Type 22 Class Frigate
FGS Spessart A 1442, GErman Rhön-class Tanker

FDF is going to replace T-55's hulls used currently in Marksman AA system to Leopard 2 hulls.



New helmet for FDF as seen in this cheesy commercial.

FDF is going to upgrade it's BMP-2 fleet.

Specifications for BMP-2 MD (Fin).

Upgrades include integral camo netting, thermal scopes, new periscopes, display screens for the driver and commander, and internal heating with heated seats.

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Swedish home site in military:

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2 of Gotland will be renovated plus HMS Södermanland, which according to wikipedia came into service in 2007 to renovate plus two new submarine at same time. Between 2021-2024 in service. Six or five submarine in service. How goes down after ten year to 3 submarine another ten year.

Seven Visby class of Corvettes or five just like today in futures.

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I will now 2 new class of Gotland.
Plus 2 newest all this 2023 or 2025.
Thyssen Kropp will this one.
Only 4 submarines in futures.
From 2020s to 2050s finished in use.