Russia and Ukraine flashpoint

[Jumpin]

Zkuq said:

Jumpin said:

Sweden is preparing for an offensive war against Russia, should it come to it. If Russia and Sweden go to war, Sweden won't focus limit itself to defense, but will use its capabilities to attack Russia directly.

https://www.airdatanews.com/sweden-builds-gripen-capability-to-strike-inside-russia-if-attacked/

I think a lot of the aggression we're seeing by Russia is more desperation and incompetence at this point. Baltoscandia sees it. Perhaps if the fight turns hot, they can reclaim Ingria and Eastern Karelen. :D

I can promise you Sweden is not preparing for an offensive war against anyone. What they're preparing for is the ability to strike inside the attacker, should they be attacked. The war in Ukraine has shown how important this is: since Russia keeps attacking from its own territory, it's important to be able to strike back to hamper the ability to strike from there.

I would be very wary of talking about reclaming anything. I would also be very wary of reclaming anything, because if other territories are anything to go by, the lands Russia took from Finland due to World War II are in absolutely shameful state, and developing them would not be cheap. Russia's is like the Midas touch, only reversed.

Sorry, by the smiley face I was trying to indicate that the latter part of my comment was a bit "tongue-in-cheek" (as they say) about the reclaiming former Swedish Imperial territory. Even if the capacity existed, that is definitely not the game I think we (Western civilization) should play. And yeah, I did overstate with "offensive war" when I probably should have said "offensive air capabilities".

I was mostly amused by the Swedish attitude expressed toward Russia.