DefenceTalkSweden said Wednesday it would reintroduce compulsory military service from 2018, eight years after it was abolished. The Scandinavian nation, which has not seen armed conflict on its territory in two centuries, ended conscription in 2010 after it was deemed an unsatisfactory way of meeting the needs of a modern army. “I hope that we […]https://www.defencetalk.com/sweden-to-reintroduce-military-service-68255/

DefenceTalkTwo-hundred-fifty Swedish [armored fighting vehicles] of the type BMP-1 are secretly being shipped to Iraq, Swedish Radio News reveals. It is illegal in Sweden to export weapons to Iraq, but the tanks are being sold via a company in the Czech Republic. In 2010, the Swedish Defence Material Administration, FMV, sold 350 light tanks to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/250-swedish-military-vehicles-sold-to-iraq-63365/