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Why Sweden Builds Weapons No One Else Can - Wes O'Donnell

Are Swedish weapon systems really that good? Or just marketing hype?

Yes, Sweden's military technology is actually as advanced as its reputation suggests, and the reason isn't mysterious Scandinavian magic… it's 200 years of neutrality and 200 years of designing weapons around the assumption that no ally would arrive in time to help.

I trace that thinking through Gripen's highway-basing design, the un-jammable RBS 70 missile, the relocating Archer howitzer, Barracuda MCS camo, and Sweden's brand-new Project Otto drone-engine program, to show why a country with a population smaller than many U.S. states keeps producing weapons built for wars everyone else is only just preparing to fight.