Sweden wants long-range weapon systems able to strike inside Russia

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/sweden-wants-long-range-weapon-systems-able-strike-inside-russia-2025-11-25/

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RiverRock@lemmy.ml · 15 pts · 289d (3 replies)

Swedish ruling class looking at Ukraine's demographic collapse and being like "yes please"

emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 289d (1 reply)

The ruling class will makes sure they are insulated from the consequences of war. It's always the poor who are sent out to die.

eldavi@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 289d

and the poor are the most enthusiastic about it because they're conditioned to by the rich.

the icing on this shit cake is that the poor will get angry at you for trying to make them aware of this fact.

Gorilladrums@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 289d

They're looking at Russia being a terrorist state committing genocide in Ukraine and they don't want to end up the same

PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml · 15 pts · 289d

Sweden yearns for Poltava

Markuso213@piefed.social · 3 pts · 289d

Seems fair to me. Russia has missiles that can strike Sweden, why wouldn't Sweden want to have missiles that can strike Russia?

Crackhappy@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 289d

I don't blame them. The U.S. is highly unstable and can no longer be defended on for mutual aid.