This Wednesday was echoed by several Swedish media outlets. Two of the four Russian fighters were able to violate the airspace of the Nordic nation.On March 2, they were equipped with nuclear weapons. Many military experts doubt this alarming possibility.
According to anonymous sources cited the tv4 networkTwo SU 24 fighter planes and two SU 27 attack planes were accompanied on the flight. The pilots made sure that the Swedish pilots had access to the weapons. Today, however, the Air Force commander of Sweden’s Armed Forces has clarified the information. “If we had seen a greater threat to Sweden related to this incident or other events, we would have reported it,” Air Force chief Carl-Johan Edström told the TT news agency.
Edström thus tried to qualify some comments made before TV4 in which he assured thatThe Russians wanted to send a signal for the Swedish pilots.He stated that he considered it a deliberate act and that this was a serious matter considering that the country is at war.
Speaking to public television SVT, Andreas Hörnedal, head of research and an expert on airborne weapons at the Swedish Defense Research Agency (FOI), was also skeptical. “The news itself has a very unclear source. My assessment of the images released by the Armed Forces, which were themselves quite low resolution, was that the plane appeared to be completely unarmed,” says Hörnedal.
During the weekly press conference by the Swedish Armed Forces Daniel Olsson (Deputy Head of Military Intelligence and Security Service) was asked questions. However, he declined to answer any questions about weapons from other countries, so that Sweden wouldn’t be able to investigate foreign planes.
“We do not go into armaments. However, I can tell you that rape does not change the threat to Sweden. We don’t see any growing threat. It is important to know that information about nuclear weapons could be used to influence people psychologically. This is a form branding and intimidation with information about nuclear weapons. Olsson explained that it was important to be aware of this and to be extremely critical of sources.