Posted on 10/04/2019 7:01:00 PM PDT by ransomnote
Cavernous docks can shelter warships, with miles of tunnels, offices, and a hospital
Sweden’s navy HQ is returning to a vast underground cold war fortress designed to withstand a nuclear attack, in what has been seen as a defensive move against a resurgent Russia.
After a 25-year absence, the navy will once again be commanded from beneath billions of tonnes of granite as the country strives to build up its defences in response to the perceived threat from Moscow.
The top secret naval base on Muskö, about 25 miles (40km) from Stockholm, resembles a cross between Tracy Island from Thunderbirds and the film set of You Only Live Twice, where James Bond grappled with arch villain Ernst Blofeld in his headquarters beneath a volcano.
Completed in 1969, it boasts cavernous underground docks that can shelter warships, with miles of tunnels, offices and a hospital.
On its return to Muskö on Monday, the Swedish naval command said the new location would offer greater freedom of manoeuvre.
“The move is based on the calculation that the Russians could use powerful weapons which demand the level of protection that only Muskö can provide,” said Niklas Granholm, a senior analyst at the Swedish Defence Research Agency.
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Even if true it is not realistic but more like a NATO and MIC propaganda. They need it to keep the money. There is exactly zero reason for Russia to take over Europe.
Was just about to post this...
And the audience laughed. Obama was such a foreign policy genius.
Oh please ! The SWEDISH navy ?????
That country whose entire brass is WOMEN ? Liberal
Ones ?
Give me a break
So, tensions are rising, the Russians are getting "frisky," an attack appears imminent, so you military forces "go to ground?"
What about the Swedish people? Are they, too, allowed admission to this "vast underground fortress?"
Regards,
I think the last time the Swedes were at war was Bernadotte against Napoleon.
Did they get permission from their Muslims to do that?
They should worry about the Muslim invaders already on their soil.
Right now the Ruskies are the least of their concerns. They have a bigger threat internally.
The Russians might want to seize some ground to create a buffer zone between their territory and the emerging Eurabian caliphate. Once the nation's of central and western Europe have fully succumbed to the mohammedan hordes (IMHO, within the next 100 years) I would not want them sitting directly on my border.
It’s not Russians who are the biggest threat to Sweden......
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