Strana 6
Highlights EMD 06/2025
Operation Spider’s Web
Current Affairs / Miro Barič
The greatest one-time combat loss of strategic bombers since World War II. That is the result of Ukraine’s Operation Spider’s Web,
in which eight Tu-95MS bombers, among other aircraft, were destroyed. This surpasses even the highest one-day losses
of American strategic bombers during the Korean and Vietnam Wars.
Swedish Naval Forces
World Naval Forces / Petr Uzsák
Today’s instalment of the series is dedicated to a navy with an unbroken tradition
spanning over five centuries, making it one of the oldest in the world. It was foun-
ded by King Gustav Vasa in 1522 and has since remained a permanent component
of the Swedish Armed Forces. Historically, Sweden has been one of several coastal
states bordering the Baltic Sea, giving it a long and rich maritime history.
For more than two centuries, Swedish policy was based on neutrality. The last
military action abroad occurred in 1814, when the Swedish army, as part of an
international coalition, helped defeat Emperor Napoleon, followed that same year
by a short war with Norway, by then a French ally. Since then, Swedish troops
have not fought abroad but have taken part in operations under the United Nations
flag. However, the long-term verbal assaults on Swedish neutrality by the Soviet
Union, the threat of invasion across the Baltic Sea, and more recently the policies
of Putin’s Russia toward Scandinavian countries, have intensified over the past
decades. The final impetus was the Russian invasion of Ukraine. At that point, both
Finland and Sweden said “enough” and applied for NATO membership, which they
soon obtained.
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