I recommend you watch the TV-series from Norway called "Occupied". Can find it on Netflix I think. It's about an alternative timeline if you will, when Russia invades Norways to make sure that they do not stop producing oil and replace their energy production with a new form energy plant (which they do as step towards a "greener future"). This affect the world finance and industry and EU and the US does not come to Norways aid as Russia takes action against them. Parts of the government, military and civil society resist them both with politics and military action while the other part bends their neck for their new Russian overlords. IMO a well made and realistic series. Maybe review the trailer or parts of the series otherwise I recommend it for your private viewing pleasure. :) Great channel you have, keep it up!
If you have free time, I would like to recommend Nedsläckt land. A Swedish reality show about what happens when two groups of people suddenly have no electricity for a undisclosed time. There are expert comments and I think the reactions are very realistic. I think it does a good job on reflecting the Swedish psyche.
Climate change will make lots of people move, that will make the political stability change. Like make water levels higher so LOTS of people need to change, as their homes are under water. And lots of food manufacturing will change. So, yes, Climate change has a military impact. And military should be concerned about it. As you already are worried so you want this wall. USA military studies the phenomenom since end of WWII.
The military in Sweden have to help the Swedish population wether it is a invasion, terror attack or natural disaster. Storm and forrest fires included
Better put on some lip stick, paint your nails and slip into those red, sexy high heels. I'm sure the enemy will drop their jaws and stop invading and laughing themselves to death!
Not entirely correct. They do not "have to", but they are used as a recourse due to the simple fact that they already have the infrastructure to deal with extreme situations. But they can NOT be used in terror attacks, doing any kind of police work. Remember the disastrous event in Ådalen where military fired upon civil citizens. Since then, military can not be used to anything but situations that deals with national security and military interests that supersedes ordinary civil and criminal law. Even in events like the JAS crash in central Stockholm, the military involved was the Military Police. Specially trained unit that works as security force to guard military interests in the civil society. No other unit is to be used in such an event, mostly because they have no authority unless there is any type of war or warlike emergency declared. Just look at how the US reacted when former clown ... sorry I mean Potus T.rump, got when he tried to use military to suppress the uproars and civil unrest in several major cities 2019. A democratic government can not per definition use military power against it's own population. When they do, it's called a military dictatorship or military state (step above a police state). Examples of this is Burma, Thailand and others. I'm sure any US citizen could explain more how their laws regulate this, but as far as I have learned, it's basicly the same. Military deals with threats from outside, police deal with domestic.
This wasn't made by the swedish military, it was made by Myndigheten för Samhällsskydd och Beredskap (Office of societal protection and preparedness) and was aimed at preparing civilians for what would happen if a conflict occured.
Not really correct. It is released by the Swedish armed forces. MSB (Myndigheten för Samhällsskydd och Beredskap) released the pamphlet called "If the crisis or war comes" a couple of years ago though.. Things have changed from "If" to "when"..
@@vardekpetrovic9716 You are kind of cute, trying to act tough. He was removed due to his covid19 trip, correct. As far the gay bars, well you seems oddly informed, just like you were there as well!?
Well that was a bit of a blast from the past, met Petronella (12:40) when I was in Bosnia in the late 90's with SFOR. Feels like a lifetime ago, but something sparked in my brain when I saw the face. Had to check it up to be sure, but now I'm sitting here with a bunch of old memories bubbling up again. Mostly good ones, so no harm ;)
NORDPOL brigade 1997 :-). Been there, done that, got the T-shirt. Brigade was composed of nordic countries + polish. A little story from that tour: Finns always won brigade shooting competitions, they where the only ones using iron sights, all others using optics. Don’t mess with the finns... ;-) New Kalmar union in NATO! :-D Best option for us all :-). All Nordic countries welcome :-).
Very interesting, would love to see you go through the whole series. I've not watched it myself despite being Swedish and ex-military. The video sure has some takes that are unusual for series like this, makes a lot of sense.
This has to be related to that NATO exercise and that was held two or three years ago in Norway, all the media said it was the biggest since many years and many nations sent observers including Russia
@@jorgec.a3123 are you not talking about the exercise in Sweden during 2017, Aurora 17 was Swedens biggest exercise in like 30 years and Aurora 20 was supposed to be even bigger but due to corona it didnt happen.
Even though there is a lot of debate if it should happen, here in Austria there is talk about increasing the military budget and I have even seen some adverts. I see a time of conflict coming and Europe can only be safe if everyone has a strong army and we all work together.
This is the quality you should expect when trying to educate people. Clear facts, analysis, coherent storyline. No commercial breaks or dramatic music. Alarming topic but still nice to watch.
Disagree with the lack of "dramatic music" - you may not have noticed, but whenever there is reference to "climate change," there's an ominous background track. Mood music is designed to do one thing: put you in a certain mood - in this case: dread.
@@ericthered760 It doesn't really alarm me, though. What alarms me about climate change is the thought of the Arctic waters becoming too warm and thereby disabling the Atlantic pump and for the Gulf stream to falther. The thought of what impact that would have can litteraly keep me up at night. The resulting problems from a huge amount of desperate environmental refugees are a close second.
@Corps of Royal Marines We have to agree to disagree. People can live loving, moral and productive lives without believing in gods. In fact, a lot of actions that hurt other people and the planet are excused as part of religion. First, make sure our children and grandchildren has a sustainable home.
Or: Don't attack me I'm swedish. - You look kind of angry so i'm not butting up a fight. Let me just have a few days so i can adress my citicens about the benefits with outsoursing our national defence. thanks to your gracious and benevolent rouler we don't need to waste bilions of kronor on stuff we don't want to use. now we get to freeset bilions of kronor to important stuff like oplogatory vegan options on every house for the elederly, non-binary childrens books or bikelanes in lappland.
its the problems of years of neglecting politics. just hope it will turn around soon. But as today much shit you find about sweden is IT-campains. from countries such as china and Russia. it became clear as day like two years ago when china blew up about sweden when a swedish hotel threw out a couple of chinese visitors that didnt have anything to do there. And when they find that some right wing press got money from RUssia . then it starts to get realy clear. Hope this shit virus goes away soon so i can visit norway again. i am partly norwegian and love going there.
Very interesting videos! I love to hear about cultures from other countries and to see them in their own words via subtitles helps to have a type of understanding about certain topics and foreign education and outlooks towards a lot of universal problems and similar interests. Learn something new everyday no matter the subject.
The reason why Finland also made a very similar thing is that Sweden and Finland now are military allies, with joint operations, excercises etc. Finland and Sweden have a very long history together, and share the Baltic Sea. Producing similar "propaganda" in our two contries is not so strange, but in line with current politics.
@@arcticblue248 Correct. We now have a signed "treaty" that ensures the Scandinavian sovereignty, so to speak. We've had collaboration between the nordics through Nordefco since 2009. But since last year we are coming closer together and forming a military alliance. Together with Denmark, Scandinavia is now a military powerhouse to be reckoned with. Sweden and Finland are indirect members of NATO through Norway, which makes it even stronger, not that we need NATO per say. But still.
Speaking from a Norwegian perspective, we've been involved with this on all fronts, for a long time. Strategic coast line with plenty oil coupled with the northeast passage access, demand plans for an eventual conflict. Norwegians don't think about this much but our military and government does! 🍻Skål
There are also a series of videos on Denmarks presence in Artic, as Denmark / Greenland are very impacted. There was a question on China and Greenland. Given Greenland is a self governing part of Denmark, the Chinese have or have had several projects to gain access to the resources paid by a build out of the infrastructure. Greenland has around 56.000 people and no real infrastructure. The Danish military keeps a presence in Greenland and there are discussions on how to increase the presence. Look for Arktisk Kommando, Sirius Patruljen, Inspektionsskib, Mission Mestervig or Station Nord to find additional information. Most of it in danish though. Mission Mestervig is pretty interesting.
This is why i like to watch channels like these. This way I get to see some clips I would never think of watching. Very interesting, never thought about the "new land" from a military point of view. Only thought about the possibly cool things we might discover under all that ice. Fossils, new land who knows what could be. Lets hope leaders will resolve this peacefully.
The film has nothing to do with the Swedish government or the Swedish military. It's made by an independent journalist - Melker Becker. He specializes in Culture, hard rock and old military installations and equipment as a producer and TV presenter. He has made many interesting programs about the Swedish vehicles of the Cold War and at that time secret bases which are now more closed. So it's a personal program about the future regarding things that exist in open sources. An independent part of the Swedish military is called the Civil Defense. Among other things, the fire brigade, police, hospitals, civilian emergency stockpiles sort as fuel, medicine and food. Now during Covid-19, some of the disaster hospitals have been taken out of storage and set up, if the normal hospitals were not enough. It has now been shown that the biggest shortage has been staff (doctors and nurses).
Except it's posted on the Armed Forces youtube channel, so some sponsorship is required. Han lägger upp dem på Försvarets youtube-kanal, samt att han gjort andra serier för dem
For anybody interested in arctic power politics, check out the Thule incident. Greenland is self run, but is part of the Kingdom of Denmark, and shares a lot of legislation. Technically, nuclear materials are not allowed within Danish borders, including Greenland, but the US definitely has a presence there anyway - Politicians on both sides made some deals under the table!
@@danielkarlsson7947 Wikipedia says a German submarine did something similar. Never mind, there is one sure thing, a USA submarine will not sink a German or Swedish Aircraft carrier, the UK left the EU and didn't get the chance to give the EU theirs to play with.
@Corps of Royal Marines overtaxed maybe but wtf on depressed alcoholics nah man you have to look further to the east than scandinavia for that, we are enjoying life and the benefits off the taxes here I rather have a population paying taxes so the kids can go to school eat lunch without having to be concernd about costs and if you breake a leg here you only have to pay 20 bucks to se a doctor rather than 20k like in the states. You should read alitle and maybe learn something.. 😅🤣
Russia have been a bit suspicius towards us nordic counrtys lately. The Russian company Nordstream that put some kind of gas fuel in the baltic sea (Östersjön) The Russian company wanted to use a harbour in Gotland, that island is extremly strategic for the control of the baltic sea.
What's so suspicious with trying to use ports in Gotland for a project which goal is to double already existing amount of natural gas pipelines? Nord Stream is a consortium between European and Russian energy companies. Only thing that is questionable is how the project benefits/hurts Sweden if Russia makes economic gains. European countries that are against the project(three Baltics states and some Post-soviet countries) are stand to lose income from reduced transit via their pipelines if Nord Stream 2 is successful.
The abandoned Greenland base in the 60s was a secret project in the sense that the US was given permission by the Danish to build a base there, but the they were not allowed to have nuclear weapons there. They dug a nice base under the ice and even put a nuclear powerplant there. But ice is not stone or concrete. Ice will move. Crawl, slither and creep this way and that. So it was in Greenland as well. And in a panic almost, they had to remove the powerplant again or risk it being crushed. They informed the Danish because they needed help with something I can't remember. Danish were furious. If I recall correctly, everything was still in a test-phase when they dismantled the base. The powerplant was functional but not the one they intended to actually use in the end. I'm uncertain if the missiles actually were delivered.
It’s a little Strange to listen til Sweden talking about the Artic and Greenland. Greenland is a part of the Kingdom of Denmark - I live ind Denmark. The nuclear base is not fake but I’m pretty it’s closed down now. Like Sweden we Danes watch the Russians with concern. Before the end of the Cold War Denmark was planned to be nuked by the Russians because we can block the Russian Baltic Fleet.
@@JamesonsTravels I’m sure you know officially Sweden is a neutral country. But in reality they are very close to be a member of NATO. Our troops together with US and other have joint manouvres. Denmark do the air policing over Danish territory but sometimes Danish Air Force react faster that Swedens own air force and have stopped russian fighter planes over Swedish territory. There is very close bonds between Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark.
+Palle. It is because of possible Nordic Alliance besides Nato. The fear is that if something big or hybrid breaks out. Nato will not come to the rescue of the North strait away or at all depending on the situation. Melting ice means several combined Nordic issues might happen that individual Nordic nations might not be large enough to handle themselves. Therefor one does a combined effort on all tasks. Norwegian ships patrolling Greenland territory, Nor special forces training to do mission on Gotland or Swedish ships in the Northern sea, combined reaction forces in border areas between Nordic and Russian territory etc.
If you havent seen the mission story of dave attenborough ... probably spelled it wrong. He’s the drive and the voice of our planet and his documentation of what is happening to our world and the videos of then and now.... one of the most important impressive human beings and such an unbiased love for the world. It’s truly one of the most amazing moments in history to be able to have video documentaries on what was to what now is.
@@danstergaard8864 I do not think they meant buying, but if we need to ask about if there are US bunkers on Greenland, Denmark would now better than Sweden.
The Swedish military has been dismantled more or less completely during the last 30years since the end of the Cold War. Slowly, as the geopolitical climate has changed, so has the view on the need for a military force to count on. Now we are upping our forces, but starting more or less from scratch it is a timely procedure.
But you have to remember that the dismantling was somewhat resonable becuse it was so outdated. The best thing would have been to upgrade it through the years tho.
Without the United States, Sweden has absolutely no chance, Russian military could take over Sweden in less than 2 days, you really think those Muslim immigrants you imported could defend you?
@@mfxx888 you mean 2hours lol! What is the feminists gonna do to save us lol. I wasnt even allowed to do military training. Because pretty much noone was back then. The weird thing is they didnt even choose the best and fittest for the job amongs the few that were allowed in the military.
@@mfxx888 Well Id like to think our Nordic brothers would step in, as well as the EU countries and I’m sure the US would chip in too. But thanks tho for all the ME people you sent here. 👁👃👁
The Arctic is definitely one of the mysterious things of our world the Nazis were the first people to even build a base over there so Sutton has to be important over there
This has been going on for years the Nazis were working with red mercury to develop flying machines to navigate around the world in split seconds look up the Bell Dakota I'm pretty sure your private familiar with it
Wasn't there the German U boat that turned up in a port a couple weeks after the war ended full of scientists and said they had been (somewhere) in the north and that's all they told the allies?
Here's 2 things for you : 1) There's a 5 year genocidal war going on in Yemen made by Saudi Arabia and the USA. 2) China is heading towards Taiwan right now. Jan 2021.
Melker Becker is awesome with his programs. He and his team makes awesome series. about cold war stuff, swedish military secrets and all kinds of cool fact. and he is a great presenter because he gets in to the role
Did my military service in Sweden during Y2K. We were on call if shit hit the fan. Stood on the "mountain", fairly similar to the Cheyenne mountain complex from SGC-series", watching the fireworks. And about the video, it is very interesting. But I am not surprised that the Swedish military is responisble for such an indepth analysis of the situation. After all when we were being scolded by our officer when I did my military service their standrad line was" That might be acceptable out there in the civilian darkness but it is not okey here. Do over and do right!"
Dude, you were a grunt .. a meat shield. This is the strategic military analytics, just as if you take a global enterprises HQ. They do not make up what they do on the factory floor, they plan for what the market will look like in 3-5 years. As a foot soldier, you do not need to know any deeper facts than your given order, as simple and clear as possible, so that you don't think when you execute your mission.
You should watch the video about the incredible airforce we had back in the day with runways on highways in the middle of nowhere and planes hidden in forests in small villages. Really cool
I was unprecise, there is no REAL money, and yes, the hardware will come but on the expense of the civilians protection, without food, fuel and medicin the will to fight goes out the windows.
The climate changes can also change the need for resources from different and new places, because they're not aviable at the places we have picked them before.
I'm not a Swed but I live in Sweden and you have to take your hat off to them...they are a far thinking people and their institutions work for the betterment of the country as a whole. No more can be asked of an institution than effectiveness and solidarity. And yes, they have started to grow the military again in the last year or two.
Im born in Sweden and live here i dont know how long you lived here but much has changed and not för the better the politicians has totally destroyed this country if you look back to let say the 90s then it was a Utopia now its far from that , and about the military we dont have one now we basicly would have to rely on hemvärnet if shit hits the fan
@@cia5649 haha bää have you lost your way from your Shepard 🤣 yes its good in Sweden but look at the downfall from the 80s and 90s and if you cant see the difference there well then i feel sorry for you , and again Sweden is better than many countries but thats not relevant to what im saying , So no i dont Open my mouth to complain , i just say whats obvious to some people !
@@cia5649 the Only way to improve is if people say what they think but you probably are the type who says we shouldnt conplain just because other countries are worse ?
the US already have a base on Greenland. and the Danish military sends arctic patrols up there, as well as the constant rotation of Danish naval vessels.
Haven't watch this through but I believe a lot of nuclear fallout shelters to accommodate massive amounts of their population were built in the late 80,s. So rather be in Stockholm than Paris.
Mr Melker Becker is very credible and a source critical man. He have done a series of short movies about how the old Swedish defence was ment to work. He calls the series ”hemliga rum”, ”secret rooms”. Its stories about old military bunkers and shelters from all around Sweden, active in the cold war era. Love your channel!😊👍
If you understand Swedish or can get it with a subtitle check out "Hemliga svenska rum" It´s real and very interesting from the cold war. Melker really loves this stuff ;)
The military of Sweden is rapidly expanding, where they are now re-establishing regiments that was closed in 2000 or 2004. We have also reinstated general conscription, now for both men and women, and the defense budged is increasing
Lmao the Chinese would want a piece of the pie so they can replicate everything they find to start mass production of cheap copies. They did it with pearls
Sweden went from mandatory military service for all men at 18 to scrapping +90% in a 20year gap with a tiny but very proffessional armed force, then back again to a semi mandatory gender equal fully hi tec defence force that very few politicians back and fund. Now that 20 year gap is what they need to worry about alot of those those kids cant even figure out how to make snow into water, Arctic resources wont be a problem as most of the generation soy will die off within 24h of their cellphone battery dies.
Sometime I miss the warcrazy old good/bad day, then the Swedish telephone directories have pages how you start your own resistence movment and carry out sabotage, and the standing order to the military force was "all messages of military reistence shall ceases is false" and "If the goverment/high command fall all military unit shall fight on independed"
Your military is already considering climate change as a global threat to security. For many many years now. The Pentagon sees it as the biggest issue on the list. So i'm not sure why you dont know this yet and why climate can’t be a military concern.
As a Swede I believe this is propaganda to remove focus from other things that is the real threat to Sweden, war is not one of them and neither are climate change.
Agree. The real problem at least now and in the long near future is something/someone else that the swedish government keep letting in and do nothing about . But yeah the war in the Arctic area can and properly will for sure be real but properly first in the long distance future.
The video already alluded to migration streams due to the impact of climate change being one of the security threats. It will likely be dealt with in a different episode of the series. As for criminality in Sweden-hardly a military problem. As you know great investments are being made to expand the military as well as the police, so to say the government is neglecting problems is rather ignorant, but it will take time and we have time.
@@jarlfisk I won’t need luck against a non-existing threat to national security. But why don’t you go ahead and describe what this threat is? Also, since-to use your own words-this is a real problem now, I assume you’re doing your patriotic duty and actively work to combat this threat? Irl that is, not behind your keyboard...
@@k.j.hulander2204 so you're telling me you know nothing about the Muslim problems in EU or in general throughout history. If no then educate yourself a little into the topic, you might learn something. No offence but I take you're that typical person that just swallow all the news and reality you see on your T.V. So since that's properly the case we have nothing more to talk about. Your kind of people can't see the reality. you're to far down the propaganda machine. Again best of luck in the future for you and your next generating if you're still living in EU and nothing has been about this situation.
Thank you for saying what you did about climate change. Far to many people listen to those in power that hammer the fear of climate change and collect massive profits in doing so.
@@hracekk No, I don't know. The joke was that the swedish armed forces are weak, and Sweden pretty much relies on finnish defence forces that are strong and mandatory for all men
@@THB_G what proof do you require? Did I say anything specific? There is only one fact to check, which is that military service is indeed mandatory for men of finnish citizenship (except from Åland) who turn 18 in Finland.
You should check out the older version of these videos. I think it's "Om kriget kommer" (If war comes) it's pretty hilarious, it even has russian spetznas featured.
The Nordic countries is the strongest oppositionen towards Russia's "science projects" and will not tolerate their power mongering. A couple of years ago the Nordic countries veto'd Russia's claim to an arctic region in the UN and most world powers sat there quiet.
@@svensvensson1085 if you need sources that sweden funds countries with weapons then i feel sorry for you, since sweden are big when it comes to export weapons to our neighbour countries and other countries, sweden usally don't hop in wars either sweden still try be this neutral country who does things on distance. Only troops we even send out to places is piece troops and they normaly don't get in to fights, they are there to try keep some places calm and nothing more, we don't send in soldiers to every place like other countries do.
@@p40148 he wrote " If Norway has problems you better believe a lot of countries are going to come to their aid." and i answered "their brothers Denmark Sweden Finland will be 1st to arrive don't mess with our Scandinavian family or we will kick your ass lmfao" now tell me where i am wrong in my answer and tell me where your answer to me fit in plz
@@1888BW A united force consisting of troops from Sweden, Norway and Denmark would be quite formidable indeed. We might not win against the big daddy's of the world but we sure would cause them a serious black eye if they came this way. We know the terrain, we are well equipped to fight in this terrain and we are pretty sturdy bastards when we set our minds to it hehe.
@@MrJagger112 I must say I think differently Finland alone beat Russia more than one´s danish special forces are been used by the USA in Helman province cos they can't deal with em them self but take all the credit Sweden makes good tanks and helicopters Danes making good ships Norway got own oil I think we will do better than a black eye .. there is a YT video out there on our combined force in Scandinavia it actually quit interesting look it up M8 but yer i hear you lound and clear for jeg vil level jeg vil dø i norden
One big difference from WWII in North America is that the populations have gravitated to the cities and our agricultural and industrial bases have dwindled a lot in the past 75 years. This means people rely heavily on large food chains with supply line that can be disrupted and then as most people don't even have gardens nor the proper skills to look after themselves this would create problems that would be more acute than what was seen in WWII I think. The military aspect is one thing and individual firepower as well. But sustaining a mid to long term conflict for the populations is another and traditionnally Canada and USA have been the ones helping others but would anybody come for us?
I’m not too worried. As the finns replace the swedes I’m sure they will treat the swedes well, just like sweden treated the finns well when they were part of the swedish empire. Well, except when it comes to the hockey games, then the gloves are off.
Global warming is not a politically polarizing topic in Europe because we haven't had right-wing media propagating lies about it like in the US. This is a serious issue since there are so many bad factors that tie into the crisis (and yes, Pentagon is considering global warming the largest threat to USA as of today). One-third of the world's protein intake comes from fish, and with coral bleaching and changing acidity, there is a high risk of mass extinction of fish. Food shortages on a global scale would cause mass migrations that would dwarf the refugee crisis and cripple the economies of the western world. And yes, there are some short term gains from global warming, but the long term effects will heavily outweigh those. Both Russia and China are preparing for a global war (China just surpassed the USA in the number of surface going ships) and the arctic will be a potential flashpoint.
Occupied is a Norwegian show on Netflix about a soft invasion and occupation by Russia of Norway. The first two seasons were very good political thrillers worth a watch. The third season was drunk on SJW Kool-Aid and isn't worth your time.
You should do a video on the artic waterways. It's suppose to be like an artic Panama cannel. Russia has relocated millions so they can build up their infrastructure and Canada is surveying the area because the Canadian side is quicker. Not to mention the metric metaphorical ton of resources under there haha
Why and who's "behind the scenes?" Nothing happens by coincidence! Not even my car was coincidental. You've got to look W A Y up in the hierarchy to get this!
The first I heard of climate change was from a USN meteorologist, Lt. Cmdr. Joseph Bishop. When Adm. Gary Roughead became CNO, he formed the Climate Change Task Force. After a few years of research, the Task Force determined that global climate change was creating potential security problems for the United States by a) melting glaciers creating more polar harborage and sea lanes for enemies, and b) rising sea levels that would render some US strategic bases virtually useless. The findings of the Task Force were published in various issues of the USNI Proceedings, notably the March, 2009 issue. So, the US Navy has taken the issue of global warming seriously. After Adm. Roughead retired, he became a research scholar for Stanford's conservative Hoover Institution (along with Condoleeza Rice and George Schulz). He continues to research security implications of climate change.
Not sure what - and if - the Swedes are active in the Northpole/Greenland region but I can tell you that Denmark is very much so. Greenland is a part of the Danish realm, and as you know the US have a base there, Thule. Try spend Six months there in total darkness! However to patrol and establish a constant presence in all of Greenland, Denmark have the Sirius-patrol, who patrol all around the coast of Greenland. Even furtherst north in -40 degrees. On dog sleighs, in two man teams, I believe. Maybe something for you to look into in a future video.
I remember the Y2K bug I was part of the security team that responded in my city to all the communication antennas and City Hall while the system rebooted at midnight there was a lot of people a lot of commotion
the swedish goverment has already the white flag ready, dismantling the swedish army in the 90.s and taking in 3 miljon non skiers which only lives on wellfare checks, onother thing - sweden has many generals and high-ranking military but very,very few soldiers .
Then it's good that the right wing party increases and will become the biggest soon. And that our military spending from 2020 will increase with more then 40% and that conscription is back again.
@@zoom5024 yes i agree but, why taking in 1 miljon non skiers every 10 year and have them o vote for the socialdemoctats and give them a neverending rule over sweden? i am glad that i dont pays 1 singgle cent on the parasit,s though i live in sweden
As of right now 20% of the "Swedes" are not actually Swedes, but first generation immigrants born outside of Sweden. That number has doubled in the last 20 years. This number does not include all of the second generation immigrants who grew up in Sweden with a non-Swedish, foreign upbringing. Frankly I think we're done for it, unless we start to mass deport them. In another 20 years we will be a minority in our on nation.
@@iwantlee9510 i agree 100% but the voting system is corrupt, probobly more corrupt than USA, i am just waiting for the right moment , then its going to burn . nowadays i am never forget, never regret
13:42 sweden reopened the national "draft" (military service), i think since 2017. where most young people (including women) are to have basic training in some part of the national defence. mandatory. If im not mistaken. How much of this is geared towards the arctic im not sure
Very interesting video and topics. Yes Sweden has already begun to strenghten is defense. Re activating 6 regiments, buying off the shelf weapon systems such as Patriot missile systems and joint military exercises with special forces such as Delta Force on the Island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea.
The important thing here is that problems with the climate will shift the areas of fertillity. Our civilizations have mainly been built around arable land with fresh water easily avaiable. When the climate changes we will see rain and drought cycles change with it. In some places it will be significant changes. That in turn will lead to conflicts over resources. When people are famined or run out of water we are likely to have great unstabillity and potentional conflict. The problem is real and affects more than one first would think about.
Will? It already has... Just look at Syria. That conflict was kicked off by a drought and depletion of their aquifer, causing roughly 80% of their livestock to die...
There is no “regular” weather of earth. The processional clock is ticking and along with it the weather changes. In the end I don’t care. Our government made me that way.
No but the climate changes really fast, which does not happen naturally. Plus the climate changes along side Corbin emissions, if anyone the oil companies and gas etc is fooling you. Not the government.
Correct my if I'm wrong but I believe the Greenland base, camp century was abandoned due to issues with a small prototype nuclear reactor. And if I recall correctly they just buried the thing and hoped for the best.
@@adelarsen9776 The second most common mother tongue after Swedish in Sweden in 2016 was Finnish. May have changed because Sweden has received some Arab speakers since then. But in 2016 it was 8'000'000 with Swedish, Finnish 200'000 and Arabic 155'000.
@@henrikl4244 Native Swedes like most European Nations have rapidly falling birthrates while the Arab immigrant birthrate is soaring . Just a matter of time .
@@henrikl4244 Thank you Henrik. The rate they multiply means by 2050 Sweden will be an Arab Caliphate. Plenty of places in Sweden already where Islam rules and the police don't go. So sad. Sweden used to be so great.
I'm a student in Finland and the political bias and half-propaganda is somewhat obvious in our education system and apparently it's perhaps the best. We all know Sweden as a country and its leadership is much more left-leaning than Finland. It is likely that they are "brainwashing" swedish kids to a certain extent. Seriously, how does the nations people degenerate into this filth that it is today? Climate change is not supposed to be a controversial topic, but it is being made one by naive, fanatical fools who push the most idiotic policies that accomplish nothing but loss of individuality, liberty and wealth. Meanwhile China prospers with no restrictions and pollutes so much so that our efforts are meaningless.
Fantics of the cult of scientism... is all there is have not had one persson explain or understand a shred of what they absoultely know is the truth like evolution, weather, climate, religion and much more
@@insiainutorrt259 to be honest I have seen a lot of people lately who (for some stupid "political reason") worship (selective) science as a god. Science is supposed to be a tool to serve us, not the other way around. Why even would someone act all sassy and edgy, claiming that we are all meaningless little pieces of dust and after that he/she/whateverthefuck says "I love science!". No you don't. Your brain has been programmed to take a political stance against tradition.
Well, turning 18 this January I got a letter from Rekryteringsmyndigheten (ministry of recruitment), stating that I have to fill out forms and possibly be called in for Värnplikt (basically mandatory military training), as part of our Constitution. And they're planning to conscript and train a bigger and bigger amount of young people each year. Previously the state actually paused Värnplikten for a couple of years. I think it was 2010 or something before picking it back up in 2017. Snälla rätta mig någon om jag skrev något felaktigt :)
The biggest thing with the arctic is that, due to climate change, it is soon going to be able to have ships carry cargo in the summer making it a huge trade route.
As a European I find it interesting and a bit concerning that our neighbors up North have this kinds of concerns, I wonder if the EU and/or NATO have anything planned and if my government has any sort of plan of action (I think they most likely don't) but I'm sure this is a big concern and this is could be the reason for why two years ago or so NATO held a very big execercise in Norway to do some training on warfare on artic conditions. There were tanks, aircraft, ships, all the cool stuff haha. I recommend you take a look in to that exercise specially after watching this because I'm sure it's related
France participates in the air police duties with some jets in the Baltic States, also with some ground troops training there with other European armies on how to react to a Russian invasion, treat it, and how to treat Belarus forces nearby as well. It's all about how to train a quick reaction on Russians special operation forces and paratroopers trying to reach the Kaliningrad enclave, and stop them from setting a bridge between there and continental Russia, while a stronger expeditionary force is prepared to counter the main Russian forces' assault.
Got To love youtube. Im from sweden and i do find this stuff intressteing but i had no idé that this series existed. But following a ex marine from The states made me see It 😂😂
I recommend watching ”elite styrkan” it’s a new serie in which amateurs try to train as the Swedish military, showing how the elite soldiers in sweden are trained (my English isn’t the best😅)
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You should check up the HMS Gotland vs US navy carrier 😁
I recommend you watch the TV-series from Norway called "Occupied". Can find it on Netflix I think.
It's about an alternative timeline if you will, when Russia invades Norways to make sure that they do not stop producing oil and replace their energy production with a new form energy plant (which they do as step towards a "greener future"). This affect the world finance and industry and EU and the US does not come to Norways aid as Russia takes action against them.
Parts of the government, military and civil society resist them both with politics and military action while the other part bends their neck for their new Russian overlords.
IMO a well made and realistic series. Maybe review the trailer or parts of the series otherwise I recommend it for your private viewing pleasure.
:) Great channel you have, keep it up!
If you have free time, I would like to recommend Nedsläckt land. A Swedish reality show about what happens when two groups of people suddenly have no electricity for a undisclosed time. There are expert comments and I think the reactions are very realistic. I think it does a good job on reflecting the Swedish psyche.
polar shift - Artic will be the new equator...coming soon
Climate change will make lots of people move, that will make the political stability change. Like make water levels higher so LOTS of people need to change, as their homes are under water. And lots of food manufacturing will change.
So, yes, Climate change has a military impact. And military should be concerned about it. As you already are worried so you want this wall.
USA military studies the phenomenom since end of WWII.
The military in Sweden have to help the Swedish population wether it is a invasion, terror attack or natural disaster. Storm and forrest fires included
Just give them 6 months to prepare ;p
Better put on some lip stick, paint your nails and slip into those red, sexy high heels. I'm sure the enemy will drop their jaws and stop invading and laughing themselves to death!
@@mattematsson554 You are projecting if you believe that the military are sharing your proclivities.
Not entirely correct. They do not "have to", but they are used as a recourse due to the simple fact that they already have the infrastructure to deal with extreme situations. But they can NOT be used in terror attacks, doing any kind of police work. Remember the disastrous event in Ådalen where military fired upon civil citizens. Since then, military can not be used to anything but situations that deals with national security and military interests that supersedes ordinary civil and criminal law. Even in events like the JAS crash in central Stockholm, the military involved was the Military Police. Specially trained unit that works as security force to guard military interests in the civil society. No other unit is to be used in such an event, mostly because they have no authority unless there is any type of war or warlike emergency declared.
Just look at how the US reacted when former clown ... sorry I mean Potus T.rump, got when he tried to use military to suppress the uproars and civil unrest in several major cities 2019. A democratic government can not per definition use military power against it's own population. When they do, it's called a military dictatorship or military state (step above a police state). Examples of this is Burma, Thailand and others.
I'm sure any US citizen could explain more how their laws regulate this, but as far as I have learned, it's basicly the same. Military deals with threats from outside, police deal with domestic.
Didn't the air force bomb the forest fire?
Me being Swedish, still read the English subtitles lol
Don't, they're just disturbing. You'll learn English better.
Same xD
Same lol
Jag också haha
Seems like all the Swedes I know speak more english than Swedish nowadays. I hope you guy's native language doesn't die.
This wasn't made by the swedish military, it was made by Myndigheten för Samhällsskydd och Beredskap (Office of societal protection and preparedness) and was aimed at preparing civilians for what would happen if a conflict occured.
Not really correct. It is released by the Swedish armed forces.
MSB (Myndigheten för Samhällsskydd och Beredskap) released the pamphlet called "If the crisis or war comes" a couple of years ago though.. Things have changed from "If" to "when"..
@@vardekpetrovic9716 You are kind of cute, trying to act tough. He was removed due to his covid19 trip, correct. As far the gay bars, well you seems oddly informed, just like you were there as well!?
MSB is properly ‘translated’ into Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency
so basically this is the classic "Duck and cover" video?
@@sergeytn6487 Yes.
Well that was a bit of a blast from the past, met Petronella (12:40) when I was in Bosnia in the late 90's with SFOR. Feels like a lifetime ago, but something sparked in my brain when I saw the face. Had to check it up to be sure, but now I'm sitting here with a bunch of old memories bubbling up again. Mostly good ones, so no harm ;)
extremely interesting topic and for a govt well delivered.
NORDPOL brigade 1997 :-). Been there, done that, got the T-shirt. Brigade was composed of nordic countries + polish.
A little story from that tour: Finns always won brigade shooting competitions, they where the only ones using iron sights, all others using optics. Don’t mess with the finns... ;-)
New Kalmar union in NATO! :-D Best option for us all :-). All Nordic countries welcome :-).
Interesting... Very interesting. Thanks for the great videos Jameson. 💯💯💯
Very interesting, would love to see you go through the whole series. I've not watched it myself despite being Swedish and ex-military. The video sure has some takes that are unusual for series like this, makes a lot of sense.
i was surprised. i was judging it before hand based on the Finish video but I found it interestingly thoughtful.
@@JamesonsTravels Yeah agreed, I thought it would be something close to that as well but well. I suppose this is more holistic.
This has to be related to that NATO exercise and that was held two or three years ago in Norway, all the media said it was the biggest since many years and many nations sent observers including Russia
@@jorgec.a3123 are you not talking about the exercise in Sweden during 2017, Aurora 17 was Swedens biggest exercise in like 30 years and Aurora 20 was supposed to be even bigger but due to corona it didnt happen.
@@zoom5024 no, it was a NATO exercise in 2018 or 2017 that happened in Norway
our military is a lot more active now in sweden with more adverts for enlistment and conscription starting again, maybe this is why.
from a govt, i found the video to be thought provoking. i can see the desire to control the arctic from any country. very very interesting.
Only the countries bordering the arctic are trying to get more and more. Norway, Denmark (Greenland), the US (Alaska), Canada and Russia.
Even though there is a lot of debate if it should happen, here in Austria there is talk about increasing the military budget and I have even seen some adverts. I see a time of conflict coming and Europe can only be safe if everyone has a strong army and we all work together.
@@JamesonsTravels You should watch the rest of the series.
Odd from such a feminist ridden country (world's first feminist government) to be putting more emphasis on their military.
This is the quality you should expect when trying to educate people. Clear facts, analysis, coherent storyline. No commercial breaks or dramatic music.
Alarming topic but still nice to watch.
Disagree with the lack of "dramatic music" - you may not have noticed, but whenever there is reference to "climate change," there's an ominous background track. Mood music is designed to do one thing: put you in a certain mood - in this case: dread.
@@ericthered760 I think he's talking about its overuse in a lot of American shows. Particularly the reality ones.
@@ericthered760 It doesn't really alarm me, though. What alarms me about climate change is the thought of the Arctic waters becoming too warm and thereby disabling the Atlantic pump and for the Gulf stream to falther. The thought of what impact that would have can litteraly keep me up at night. The resulting problems from a huge amount of desperate environmental refugees are a close second.
@Corps of Royal Marines We have to agree to disagree. People can live loving, moral and productive lives without believing in gods. In fact, a lot of actions that hurt other people and the planet are excused as part of religion. First, make sure our children and grandchildren has a sustainable home.
Don't attack me I'm swedish
Everyone: _understandable have a nice day_
Y e s we w I l l
@Peter Roos i want to be a ranger in the future. Do you have any training advice? Ps thank you for serving!
@Peter Roos thumbs up from a former airborn ranger.
@PRODUCTIONmYOWN Herr Direktör No. Rangers will throw Billy bookshelfs.
Or: Don't attack me I'm swedish. - You look kind of angry so i'm not butting up a fight. Let me just have a few days so i can adress my citicens about the benefits with outsoursing our national defence. thanks to your gracious and benevolent rouler we don't need to waste bilions of kronor on stuff we don't want to use. now we get to freeset bilions of kronor to important stuff like oplogatory vegan options on every house for the elederly, non-binary childrens books or bikelanes in lappland.
Glad to be awake for this one. Another great one thank you sir.
As a Norwegian, I LOVE Sweden and it’s military, but I hope Sweden gets fixed soon of its real problems.
I love Sweden too. But for cheap shopping.
its the problems of years of neglecting politics. just hope it will turn around soon.
But as today much shit you find about sweden is IT-campains. from countries such as china and Russia. it became clear as day like two years ago when china blew up about sweden when a swedish hotel threw out a couple of chinese visitors that didnt have anything to do there.
And when they find that some right wing press got money from RUssia . then it starts to get realy clear.
Hope this shit virus goes away soon so i can visit norway again. i am partly norwegian and love going there.
Agre! 🇫🇮
As do we swedes! Love to all Nordic contries!
@@Holli622 Håper du har en fin dag. :-)
Very interesting videos! I love to hear about cultures from other countries and to see them in their own words via subtitles helps to have a type of understanding about certain topics and foreign education and outlooks towards a lot of universal problems and similar interests. Learn something new everyday no matter the subject.
The reason why Finland also made a very similar thing is that Sweden and Finland now are military allies, with joint operations, excercises etc. Finland and Sweden have a very long history together, and share the Baltic Sea. Producing similar "propaganda" in our two contries is not so strange, but in line with current politics.
Actually Sweden, Finland and Norway have a military cooperation or alliance now came along last year.
@@arcticblue248 Correct. We now have a signed "treaty" that ensures the Scandinavian sovereignty, so to speak. We've had collaboration between the nordics through Nordefco since 2009. But since last year we are coming closer together and forming a military alliance. Together with Denmark, Scandinavia is now a military powerhouse to be reckoned with.
Sweden and Finland are indirect members of NATO through Norway, which makes it even stronger, not that we need NATO per say. But still.
Speaking from a Norwegian perspective, we've been involved with this on all fronts, for a long time. Strategic coast line with plenty oil coupled with the northeast passage access, demand plans for an eventual conflict. Norwegians don't think about this much but our military and government does! 🍻Skål
There is an old saying in Norway "If the Russians come, make them coffee and waffles"
There are also a series of videos on Denmarks presence in Artic, as Denmark / Greenland are very impacted. There was a question on China and Greenland. Given Greenland is a self governing part of Denmark, the Chinese have or have had several projects to gain access to the resources paid by a build out of the infrastructure. Greenland has around 56.000 people and no real infrastructure. The Danish military keeps a presence in Greenland and there are discussions on how to increase the presence. Look for Arktisk Kommando, Sirius Patruljen, Inspektionsskib, Mission Mestervig or Station Nord to find additional information. Most of it in danish though. Mission Mestervig is pretty interesting.
This is why i like to watch channels like these. This way I get to see some clips I would never think of watching. Very interesting, never thought about the "new land" from a military point of view. Only thought about the possibly cool things we might discover under all that ice. Fossils, new land who knows what could be. Lets hope leaders will resolve this peacefully.
The film has nothing to do with the Swedish government or the Swedish military. It's made by an independent journalist - Melker Becker. He specializes in Culture, hard rock and old military installations and equipment as a producer and TV presenter. He has made many interesting programs about the Swedish vehicles of the Cold War and at that time secret bases which are now more closed. So it's a personal program about the future regarding things that exist in open sources.
An independent part of the Swedish military is called the Civil Defense. Among other things, the fire brigade, police, hospitals, civilian emergency stockpiles sort as fuel, medicine and food. Now during Covid-19, some of the disaster hospitals have been taken out of storage and set up, if the normal hospitals were not enough. It has now been shown that the biggest shortage has been staff (doctors and nurses).
Except it's posted on the Armed Forces youtube channel, so some sponsorship is required.
Han lägger upp dem på Försvarets youtube-kanal, samt att han gjort andra serier för dem
That was an eye opener.
For anybody interested in arctic power politics, check out the Thule incident. Greenland is self run, but is part of the Kingdom of Denmark, and shares a lot of legislation. Technically, nuclear materials are not allowed within Danish borders, including Greenland, but the US definitely has a presence there anyway - Politicians on both sides made some deals under the table!
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Sweden is a great ally and so is finland! Love from America🇺🇸
And also Sweden is the only country to have sunk a US carrier ship in war simulation training 😁
@@danielkarlsson7947 HMS Gotland ❤️
Thanks man. Same to you. In this world we have to separate friends from foe. /Micke P
@@danielkarlsson7947
Wikipedia says a German submarine did something similar.
Never mind, there is one sure thing, a USA submarine will not sink a German or Swedish Aircraft carrier, the UK left the EU and didn't get the chance to give the EU theirs to play with.
@Corps of Royal Marines overtaxed maybe but wtf on depressed alcoholics nah man you have to look further to the east than scandinavia for that, we are enjoying life and the benefits off the taxes here I rather have a population paying taxes so the kids can go to school eat lunch without having to be concernd about costs and if you breake a leg here you only have to pay 20 bucks to se a doctor rather than 20k like in the states. You should read alitle and maybe learn something.. 😅🤣
Russia have been a bit suspicius towards us nordic counrtys lately. The Russian company Nordstream that put some kind of gas fuel in the baltic sea (Östersjön) The Russian company wanted to use a harbour in Gotland, that island is extremly strategic for the control of the baltic sea.
Undrar vem som tjänade på att plocka ner vårat försvar, och undrar sen tjänar på att bygga upp det igen hmm
it all happened during the trump administration. biden is gonna bring nato members closer together.
What's so suspicious with trying to use ports in Gotland for a project which goal is to double already existing amount of natural gas pipelines? Nord Stream is a consortium between European and Russian energy companies. Only thing that is questionable is how the project benefits/hurts Sweden if Russia makes economic gains. European countries that are against the project(three Baltics states and some Post-soviet countries) are stand to lose income from reduced transit via their pipelines if Nord Stream 2 is successful.
@@bigdicccompanybreadmaker6505 hmmmm
The abandoned Greenland base in the 60s was a secret project in the sense that the US was given permission by the Danish to build a base there, but the they were not allowed to have nuclear weapons there. They dug a nice base under the ice and even put a nuclear powerplant there. But ice is not stone or concrete. Ice will move. Crawl, slither and creep this way and that. So it was in Greenland as well. And in a panic almost, they had to remove the powerplant again or risk it being crushed. They informed the Danish because they needed help with something I can't remember. Danish were furious.
If I recall correctly, everything was still in a test-phase when they dismantled the base. The powerplant was functional but not the one they intended to actually use in the end. I'm uncertain if the missiles actually were delivered.
It’s a little Strange to listen til Sweden talking about the Artic and Greenland. Greenland is a part of the Kingdom of Denmark - I live ind Denmark. The nuclear base is not fake but I’m pretty it’s closed down now.
Like Sweden we Danes watch the Russians with concern. Before the end of the Cold War Denmark was planned to be nuked by the Russians because we can block the Russian Baltic Fleet.
The entire matter I found very thought provoking. Shifted my global conflict flags to another area.
@@JamesonsTravels I’m sure you know officially Sweden is a neutral country. But in reality they are very close to be a member of NATO. Our troops together with US and other have joint manouvres. Denmark do the air policing over Danish territory but sometimes Danish Air Force react faster that Swedens own air force and have stopped russian fighter planes over Swedish territory. There is very close bonds between Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark.
Any conflict that involves denmark is likely to spill over to Sweden as well. Don't see it as very strange at all.
+Palle. It is because of possible Nordic Alliance besides Nato. The fear is that if something big or hybrid breaks out. Nato will not come to the rescue of the North strait away or at all depending on the situation. Melting ice means several combined Nordic issues might happen that individual Nordic nations might not be large enough to handle themselves. Therefor one does a combined effort on all tasks. Norwegian ships patrolling Greenland territory, Nor special forces training to do mission on Gotland or Swedish ships in the Northern sea, combined reaction forces in border areas between Nordic and Russian territory etc.
For DK and Norway, Russia is friends.
If you havent seen the mission story of dave attenborough ... probably spelled it wrong. He’s the drive and the voice of our planet and his documentation of what is happening to our world and the videos of then and now.... one of the most important impressive human beings and such an unbiased love for the world. It’s truly one of the most amazing moments in history to be able to have video documentaries on what was to what now is.
Sweden aren't the ones to ask about Greenland, Denmark are the ones to ask.
Even if we wanted to sell Greenland, is self governed, so we couldn't. Ps. Greetings from a Danish former "First line bullet catcher"
@@danstergaard8864 I do not think they meant buying, but if we need to ask about if there are US bunkers on Greenland, Denmark would now better than Sweden.
Yes, Sweden does not even have an arctic coast or arctic port. Sweden is too busy making itself an arab state.
@@adelarsen9776 dude
@@EssmirWolf he’s right and half of europe is doing the same, and selling themselves to china
The Swedish military has been dismantled more or less completely during the last 30years since the end of the Cold War. Slowly, as the geopolitical climate has changed, so has the view on the need for a military force to count on. Now we are upping our forces, but starting more or less from scratch it is a timely procedure.
But you have to remember that the dismantling was somewhat resonable becuse it was so outdated. The best thing would have been to upgrade it through the years tho.
Without the United States, Sweden has absolutely no chance, Russian military could take over Sweden in less than 2 days, you really think those Muslim immigrants you imported could defend you?
@@mfxx888 you mean 2hours lol! What is the feminists gonna do to save us lol. I wasnt even allowed to do military training. Because pretty much noone was back then. The weird thing is they didnt even choose the best and fittest for the job amongs the few that were allowed in the military.
@@mfxx888 Doubt it, would be interesting to see tho as a swede.
@@mfxx888 Well Id like to think our Nordic brothers would step in, as well as the EU countries and I’m sure the US would chip in too. But thanks tho for all the ME people you sent here. 👁👃👁
The Arctic is definitely one of the mysterious things of our world the Nazis were the first people to even build a base over there so Sutton has to be important over there
To piggyback off this, may be worth looking into Operation Highjump and it's supposed cover-up.
This has been going on for years the Nazis were working with red mercury to develop flying machines to navigate around the world in split seconds look up the Bell Dakota I'm pretty sure your private familiar with it
You are mixing up Arctic and Antarctic.
Wasn't there the German U boat that turned up in a port a couple weeks after the war ended full of scientists and said they had been (somewhere) in the north and that's all they told the allies?
@@MegaJullikka yes that is true it is the Antarctic thank you for the correction
We Americans can be very naive to what goes on in the world, love learning new stuff and Thank you UA-cam Unc.
Here's 2 things for you :
1) There's a 5 year genocidal war going on in Yemen made by Saudi Arabia and the USA.
2) China is heading towards Taiwan right now. Jan 2021.
@@adelarsen9776 Food for thought
@@Lefrog420Blazin Ase is an FSB maskirovka agent...
It's been a long time since Sweden has seen an information campaign such as this. Intresting in any case.
This is not a information campaign, it's a docomentary tv show.
@@satanihelvetet Not quite
Melker Becker is awesome with his programs. He and his team makes awesome series. about cold war stuff, swedish military secrets and all kinds of cool fact. and he is a great presenter because he gets in to the role
oss brødre i skandinavia må holde sammen!
Did my military service in Sweden during Y2K. We were on call if shit hit the fan. Stood on the "mountain", fairly similar to the Cheyenne mountain complex from SGC-series", watching the fireworks.
And about the video, it is very interesting. But I am not surprised that the Swedish military is responisble for such an indepth analysis of the situation. After all when we were being scolded by our officer when I did my military service their standrad line was" That might be acceptable out there in the civilian darkness but it is not okey here. Do over and do right!"
Dude, you were a grunt .. a meat shield. This is the strategic military analytics, just as if you take a global enterprises HQ. They do not make up what they do on the factory floor, they plan for what the market will look like in 3-5 years. As a foot soldier, you do not need to know any deeper facts than your given order, as simple and clear as possible, so that you don't think when you execute your mission.
Gör om, gör rätt
You should watch the video about the incredible airforce we had back in the day with runways on highways in the middle of nowhere and planes hidden in forests in small villages. Really cool
Nice video, sir!
Glad you enjoyed it
@@JamesonsTravels I am still enjoying it! And thank you for your service aswell
I was told the that Swedish strategy to deal with a Russian invasion is to fight until the very last Fin
Underrated comment.😂
Definetly 😂
damn that's such an old joke
@@niceguy1891 not for me lol
*History doesn't repeat , but it sure rhymes*
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It's like poetry, it rhymes.
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Don't worry me, I'm to lazy to do that
Your commentary is funny and your videos are entertaining, thank you Jameson. 👌👌
thanks. try to keep in real and more important honest like you are taking to a normal human. not cnn or some faker leftie.
13:45 Sweden is actually going to increase it’s military spending with 40% over the next 5 years
No way, there is no money.
@@p40148 there are tons of money, stop talking as if you know stuff.
@@Calsonsmile I guess you know stuff?
@@p40148 Sweden is the most industrial nordic nation, of course there's money. They even have enough money to produce their own military hardware.
I was unprecise, there is no REAL money, and yes, the hardware will come but on the expense of the civilians protection, without food, fuel and medicin the will to fight goes out the windows.
I think this video gives us good prospective regarding this region.
very good. i wa not expecting it.
The climate changes can also change the need for resources from different and new places, because they're not aviable at the places we have picked them before.
I'm a former Australian Soldier who thinks exactly the same way you speak. Bless you and Par Oneri to Semper Fi.
I'm not a Swed but I live in Sweden and you have to take your hat off to them...they are a far thinking people and their institutions work for the betterment of the country as a whole. No more can be asked of an institution than effectiveness and solidarity. And yes, they have started to grow the military again in the last year or two.
Im born in Sweden and live here i dont know how long you lived here but much has changed and not för the better the politicians has totally destroyed this country if you look back to let say the 90s then it was a Utopia now its far from that , and about the military we dont have one now we basicly would have to rely on hemvärnet if shit hits the fan
@@stonecradle6193 I also live here and I think your mostly full of shit only because you like complaining doesn’t make the things true
where are you from?
@@cia5649 haha bää have you lost your way from your Shepard 🤣 yes its good in Sweden but look at the downfall from the 80s and 90s and if you cant see the difference there well then i feel sorry for you , and again Sweden is better than many countries but thats not relevant to what im saying , So no i dont Open my mouth to complain , i just say whats obvious to some people !
@@cia5649 the Only way to improve is if people say what they think but you probably are the type who says we shouldnt conplain just because other countries are worse ?
the US already have a base on Greenland. and the Danish military sends arctic patrols up there, as well as the constant rotation of Danish naval vessels.
Haven't watch this through but I believe a lot of nuclear fallout shelters to accommodate massive amounts of their population were built in the late 80,s. So rather be in Stockholm than Paris.
Mr Melker Becker is very credible and a source critical man. He have done a series of short movies about how the old Swedish defence was ment to work. He calls the series ”hemliga rum”, ”secret rooms”. Its stories about old military bunkers and shelters from all around Sweden, active in the cold war era. Love your channel!😊👍
If you understand Swedish or can get it with a subtitle check out "Hemliga svenska rum" It´s real and very interesting from the cold war. Melker really loves this stuff ;)
The military of Sweden is rapidly expanding, where they are now re-establishing regiments that was closed in 2000 or 2004. We have also reinstated general conscription, now for both men and women, and the defense budged is increasing
Lmao the Chinese would want a piece of the pie so they can replicate everything they find to start mass production of cheap copies. They did it with pearls
We need to democratize jewelries
@@user-gu1hl2kx2k we just need to stop buying from China. And buy more American made
*We (USA) built several arctic stations as part of the DEW Line.*
Sweden went from mandatory military service for all men at 18 to scrapping +90% in a 20year gap with a tiny but very proffessional armed force, then back again to a semi mandatory gender equal fully hi tec defence force that very few politicians back and fund. Now that 20 year gap is what they need to worry about alot of those those kids cant even figure out how to make snow into water, Arctic resources wont be a problem as most of the generation soy will die off within 24h of their cellphone battery dies.
As a part of that generation(Gen-Z), I agree
Not sure what you mean with with few politicians supporting it, it's the official policy of our nation with wide support in parliament.
@@Red0100 Probably gets his news from the Flashback Forum. :)
@@Red0100 Well everybody cant get it.
Sometime I miss the warcrazy old good/bad day, then the Swedish telephone directories have pages how you start your own resistence movment and carry out sabotage, and the standing order to the military force was "all messages of military reistence shall ceases is false" and "If the goverment/high command fall all military unit shall fight on independed"
Pretty sure that last part is still in our doctrine
Was that a big thumbtack missile 😂
good for hanging up posters
It's a sabot round
@@felixboldy1152 nah it’s good at hanging traitors
Its probably a HE or AP rounds
@@ShitBoi yes
Your military is already considering climate change as a global threat to security. For many many years now. The Pentagon sees it as the biggest issue on the list. So i'm not sure why you dont know this yet and why climate can’t be a military concern.
As a Swede I believe this is propaganda to remove focus from other things that is the real threat to Sweden, war is not one of them and neither are climate change.
Agree. The real problem at least now and in the long near future is something/someone else that the swedish government keep letting in and do nothing about . But yeah the war in the Arctic area can and properly will for sure be real but properly first in the long distance future.
The video already alluded to migration streams due to the impact of climate change being one of the security threats. It will likely be dealt with in a different episode of the series. As for criminality in Sweden-hardly a military problem. As you know great investments are being made to expand the military as well as the police, so to say the government is neglecting problems is rather ignorant, but it will take time and we have time.
@@k.j.hulander2204 best of luck.
@@jarlfisk I won’t need luck against a non-existing threat to national security. But why don’t you go ahead and describe what this threat is? Also, since-to use your own words-this is a real problem now, I assume you’re doing your patriotic duty and actively work to combat this threat? Irl that is, not behind your keyboard...
@@k.j.hulander2204 so you're telling me you know nothing about the Muslim problems in EU or in general throughout history. If no then educate yourself a little into the topic, you might learn something. No offence but I take you're that typical person that just swallow all the news and reality you see on your T.V. So since that's properly the case we have nothing more to talk about. Your kind of people can't see the reality. you're to far down the propaganda machine. Again best of luck in the future for you and your next generating if you're still living in EU and nothing has been about this situation.
Thank you for saying what you did about climate change. Far to many people listen to those in power that hammer the fear of climate change and collect massive profits in doing so.
Sweden has the defence force equivelant of 2.
Half is swedish, one and a half is finnish!
and how many arabs are in the army?
@@hracekk No, I don't know. The joke was that the swedish armed forces are weak, and Sweden pretty much relies on finnish defence forces that are strong and mandatory for all men
@@ollikoskiniemi6221 Do you actually have proof of that or are you just spouting out nonsense?
@@THB_G what proof do you require? Did I say anything specific? There is only one fact to check, which is that military service is indeed mandatory for men of finnish citizenship (except from Åland) who turn 18 in Finland.
@@THB_G Sweden is gay, change my mind
You should check out the older version of these videos. I think it's "Om kriget kommer" (If war comes) it's pretty hilarious, it even has russian spetznas featured.
The Nordic countries is the strongest oppositionen towards Russia's "science projects" and will not tolerate their power mongering.
A couple of years ago the Nordic countries veto'd Russia's claim to an arctic region in the UN and most world powers sat there quiet.
Remember when the Nordic Nations could rely on NATO. I do, you're 100% correct we got quiet, weak, and turned away from allies.
@@vardekpetrovic9716 could you link sorces for that?
@@vardekpetrovic9716 the second comment.
@@svensvensson1085 if you need sources that sweden funds countries with weapons then i feel sorry for you, since sweden are big when it comes to export weapons to our neighbour countries and other countries, sweden usally don't hop in wars either sweden still try be this neutral country who does things on distance. Only troops we even send out to places is piece troops and they normaly don't get in to fights, they are there to try keep some places calm and nothing more, we don't send in soldiers to every place like other countries do.
@@OlafPawbelt I only want to know if its true that there where more swedish wepons...
See it all the time on the weather network, warmest and coldest Records were over a 100 years ago
If Norway has problems you better believe a lot of countries are going to come to their aid.
their brothers Denmark Sweden Finland will be 1st to arrive don't mess with our Scandinavian family or we will kick your ass lmfao
@@1888BW Not Sweden, he meant the U.S.A.
@@p40148 he wrote " If Norway has problems you better believe a lot of countries are going to come to their aid." and i answered "their brothers Denmark Sweden Finland will be 1st to arrive don't mess with our Scandinavian family or we will kick your ass lmfao" now tell me where i am wrong in my answer and tell me where your answer to me fit in plz
@@1888BW A united force consisting of troops from Sweden, Norway and Denmark would be quite formidable indeed. We might not win against the big daddy's of the world but we sure would cause them a serious black eye if they came this way. We know the terrain, we are well equipped to fight in this terrain and we are pretty sturdy bastards when we set our minds to it hehe.
@@MrJagger112 I must say I think differently Finland alone beat Russia more than one´s danish special forces are been used by the USA in Helman province cos they can't deal with em them self but take all the credit Sweden makes good tanks and helicopters Danes making good ships Norway got own oil I think we will do better than a black eye .. there is a YT video out there on our combined force in Scandinavia it actually quit interesting look it up M8 but yer i hear you lound and clear for jeg vil level jeg vil dø i norden
One big difference from WWII in North America is that the populations have gravitated to the cities and our agricultural and industrial bases have dwindled a lot in the past 75 years. This means people rely heavily on large food chains with supply line that can be disrupted and then as most people don't even have gardens nor the proper skills to look after themselves this would create problems that would be more acute than what was seen in WWII I think. The military aspect is one thing and individual firepower as well. But sustaining a mid to long term conflict for the populations is another and traditionnally Canada and USA have been the ones helping others but would anybody come for us?
World: "WE ARE AT WAR!!!!"
Sweden: 'We don't do war... have you tried just letting foreigners supplant your populace and playing Minecraft?'
I’m not too worried. As the finns replace the swedes I’m sure they will treat the swedes well, just like sweden treated the finns well when they were part of the swedish empire.
Well, except when it comes to the hockey games, then the gloves are off.
Very interesting video. Thank you sir!
Well.. I wouldn`t compare this to our Finnish production.. Terminator 2 :D
I really enjoy your videos. this one was super interesting.
The swedish guy that talks, is what swedes call a MÖP. It stands for Militär överintresserad person, which means Military overintressed person
Global warming is not a politically polarizing topic in Europe because we haven't had right-wing media propagating lies about it like in the US. This is a serious issue since there are so many bad factors that tie into the crisis (and yes, Pentagon is considering global warming the largest threat to USA as of today). One-third of the world's protein intake comes from fish, and with coral bleaching and changing acidity, there is a high risk of mass extinction of fish. Food shortages on a global scale would cause mass migrations that would dwarf the refugee crisis and cripple the economies of the western world.
And yes, there are some short term gains from global warming, but the long term effects will heavily outweigh those. Both Russia and China are preparing for a global war (China just surpassed the USA in the number of surface going ships) and the arctic will be a potential flashpoint.
Occupied is a Norwegian show on Netflix about a soft invasion and occupation by Russia of Norway.
The first two seasons were very good political thrillers worth a watch.
The third season was drunk on SJW Kool-Aid and isn't worth your time.
And remember it was ALL caused by the EU and not by Russia.
The EU was the protaganist.
The whole series is great!
Swedish pagans, marching a shore
Forged in Valhalla by the hammer of Thor
Pergite! 🇸🇪👊
/ MP Rangers, Cav, Royal Life Guards Regiment.
You should do a video on the artic waterways. It's suppose to be like an artic Panama cannel. Russia has relocated millions so they can build up their infrastructure and Canada is surveying the area because the Canadian side is quicker. Not to mention the metric metaphorical ton of resources under there haha
Aw! Where's the babe with the sabot round? 😂
Have a Great Day Everyone!
Sweden is building up its military again for the first time in like 30 years. The writing is on the wall. Things are heating up behind the scenes.
Yes but the war mongers love to stir it up to increase sales............
Why and who's "behind the scenes?" Nothing happens by coincidence! Not even my car was coincidental.
You've got to look W A Y up in the hierarchy to get this!
@@f.dmcintyre4666 warmongers in Sweden? what have you been smoking?
@@luckymoonriser Sweden loves selling weapons so why not?
@Charlie Agné I would call them fools! I dont know what you do all day, but I wouldn't let them bother me
The first I heard of climate change was from a USN meteorologist, Lt. Cmdr. Joseph Bishop. When Adm. Gary Roughead became CNO, he formed the Climate Change Task Force. After a few years of research, the Task Force determined that global climate change was creating potential security problems for the United States by a) melting glaciers creating more polar harborage and sea lanes for enemies, and b) rising sea levels that would render some US strategic bases virtually useless. The findings of the Task Force were published in various issues of the USNI Proceedings, notably the March, 2009 issue. So, the US Navy has taken the issue of global warming seriously. After Adm. Roughead retired, he became a research scholar for Stanford's conservative Hoover Institution (along with Condoleeza Rice and George Schulz). He continues to research security implications of climate change.
Not sure what - and if - the Swedes are active in the Northpole/Greenland region but I can tell you that Denmark is very much so. Greenland is a part of the Danish realm, and as you know the US have a base there, Thule. Try spend Six months there in total darkness! However to patrol and establish a constant presence in all of Greenland, Denmark have the Sirius-patrol, who patrol all around the coast of Greenland. Even furtherst north in -40 degrees. On dog sleighs, in two man teams, I believe. Maybe something for you to look into in a future video.
I remember the Y2K bug I was part of the security team that responded in my city to all the communication antennas and City Hall while the system rebooted at midnight there was a lot of people a lot of commotion
the swedish goverment has already the white flag ready, dismantling the swedish army in the 90.s and taking in 3 miljon non skiers which only lives on wellfare checks, onother
thing - sweden has many generals and high-ranking military but very,very few soldiers .
Then it's good that the right wing party increases and will become the biggest soon. And that our military spending from 2020 will increase with more then 40% and that conscription is back again.
@@zoom5024 yes i agree but, why taking in 1 miljon non skiers every 10 year and have them o vote for the socialdemoctats and give them a neverending rule over sweden?
i am glad that i dont pays 1 singgle cent on the parasit,s though i live in sweden
As of right now 20% of the "Swedes" are not actually Swedes, but first generation immigrants born outside of Sweden. That number has doubled in the last 20 years. This number does not include all of the second generation immigrants who grew up in Sweden with a non-Swedish, foreign upbringing.
Frankly I think we're done for it, unless we start to mass deport them. In another 20 years we will be a minority in our on nation.
@@iwantlee9510 i agree 100% but the voting system is corrupt, probobly more corrupt than USA, i am just waiting for the right moment , then its going to burn . nowadays i am never forget, never regret
@@iwantlee9510 well it's all immigrants that's 20% of the pop as far as i remember and that includes finns and eastern european and balkan too.
13:42 sweden reopened the national "draft" (military service), i think since 2017. where most young people (including women) are to have basic training in some part of the national defence. mandatory. If im not mistaken. How much of this is geared towards the arctic im not sure
Very interesting video and topics. Yes Sweden has already begun to strenghten is defense. Re activating 6 regiments, buying off the shelf weapon systems such as Patriot missile systems and joint military exercises with special forces such as Delta Force on the Island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea.
I need to find a fair reporting press to keep up with this. very interesting.
The important thing here is that problems with the climate will shift the areas of fertillity. Our civilizations have mainly been built around arable land with fresh water easily avaiable. When the climate changes we will see rain and drought cycles change with it. In some places it will be significant changes. That in turn will lead to conflicts over resources. When people are famined or run out of water we are likely to have great unstabillity and potentional conflict. The problem is real and affects more than one first would think about.
Will? It already has... Just look at Syria. That conflict was kicked off by a drought and depletion of their aquifer, causing roughly 80% of their livestock to die...
There is no “regular” weather of earth. The processional clock is ticking and along with it the weather changes. In the end I don’t care. Our government made me that way.
No but the climate changes really fast, which does not happen naturally. Plus the climate changes along side Corbin emissions, if anyone the oil companies and gas etc is fooling you. Not the government.
@@hugofransson5955
Those companies own the American government, so... Same? 🤷♀️
Intriguing points for sure.
Correct my if I'm wrong but I believe the Greenland base, camp century was abandoned due to issues with a small prototype nuclear reactor. And if I recall correctly they just buried the thing and hoped for the best.
React to all episodes please!💯
My uncle was stationed in Thule Greenland. Don't think it was to see the polar bears tho as he was a missile specialist.
Sweden should stop worrying about climate change and begin learning Arabic.
LOL. They are already speaking Arabic in Swedistan.
@@adelarsen9776
The second most common mother tongue after Swedish in Sweden in 2016 was Finnish. May have changed because Sweden has received some Arab speakers since then.
But in 2016 it was 8'000'000 with Swedish, Finnish 200'000 and Arabic 155'000.
@@henrikl4244 Native Swedes like most European Nations have rapidly falling birthrates while the Arab immigrant birthrate is soaring . Just a matter of time .
@@disgustedvet9528 What's your deal with Arabs in the first place?
@@henrikl4244 Thank you Henrik. The rate they multiply means by 2050 Sweden will be an Arab Caliphate. Plenty of places in Sweden already where Islam rules and the police don't go. So sad. Sweden used to be so great.
This is a lot like The Last Battle Ship. I only watched the first episode. Planning on picking it back up from there soon.
"Climate change is a controversial topic"
Not in Sweden. Most of us are scientifically literate.
I'm a student in Finland and the political bias and half-propaganda is somewhat obvious in our education system and apparently it's perhaps the best. We all know Sweden as a country and its leadership is much more left-leaning than Finland. It is likely that they are "brainwashing" swedish kids to a certain extent.
Seriously, how does the nations people degenerate into this filth that it is today?
Climate change is not supposed to be a controversial topic, but it is being made one by naive, fanatical fools who push the most idiotic policies that accomplish nothing but loss of individuality, liberty and wealth. Meanwhile China prospers with no restrictions and pollutes so much so that our efforts are meaningless.
Fantics of the cult of scientism... is all there is have not had one persson explain or understand a shred of what they absoultely know is the truth like evolution, weather, climate, religion and much more
@@ollikoskiniemi6221
Hey now dont go say anything against climate change or the swedes will come call you a denier n nazi and such...
@@insiainutorrt259 to be honest I have seen a lot of people lately who (for some stupid "political reason") worship (selective) science as a god. Science is supposed to be a tool to serve us, not the other way around.
Why even would someone act all sassy and edgy, claiming that we are all meaningless little pieces of dust and after that he/she/whateverthefuck says "I love science!". No you don't. Your brain has been programmed to take a political stance against tradition.
And these replies right here are why we need more scientific literacy.
Well, turning 18 this January I got a letter from Rekryteringsmyndigheten (ministry of recruitment), stating that I have to fill out forms and possibly be called in for Värnplikt (basically mandatory military training), as part of our Constitution. And they're planning to conscript and train a bigger and bigger amount of young people each year.
Previously the state actually paused Värnplikten for a couple of years. I think it was 2010 or something before picking it back up in 2017.
Snälla rätta mig någon om jag skrev något felaktigt :)
Much respect for our (Swedish) armed forces, but they must remember that internal civilian clothed combatants are not playing nicely with the rules.
Yes, especially those traitors who recive Russian support and training.
Wholesome man, thanks for the video // another Swede
The biggest thing with the arctic is that, due to climate change, it is soon going to be able to have ships carry cargo in the summer making it a huge trade route.
As a European I find it interesting and a bit concerning that our neighbors up North have this kinds of concerns, I wonder if the EU and/or NATO have anything planned and if my government has any sort of plan of action (I think they most likely don't) but I'm sure this is a big concern and this is could be the reason for why two years ago or so NATO held a very big execercise in Norway to do some training on warfare on artic conditions. There were tanks, aircraft, ships, all the cool stuff haha. I recommend you take a look in to that exercise specially after watching this because I'm sure it's related
France participates in the air police duties with some jets in the Baltic States, also with some ground troops training there with other European armies on how to react to a Russian invasion, treat it, and how to treat Belarus forces nearby as well.
It's all about how to train a quick reaction on Russians special operation forces and paratroopers trying to reach the Kaliningrad enclave, and stop them from setting a bridge between there and continental Russia, while a stronger expeditionary force is prepared to counter the main Russian forces' assault.
@@Chocolouf I know about EFPLATVIA but that's a NATO mission that has been going ever since the Russian annexation of Crimea
Got To love youtube. Im from sweden and i do find this stuff intressteing but i had no idé that this series existed. But following a ex marine from The states made me see It 😂😂
I recommend watching ”elite styrkan” it’s a new serie in which amateurs try to train as the Swedish military, showing how the elite soldiers in sweden are trained (my English isn’t the best😅)
This is how the Fallout Series becomes reality
Yo the audio compressor release was too short here. Usually if there's not too much volume difference required - speech and such - you can have a long compressor release smoothing it out. Also the attack was I think too long (compression skips first 50ms of new sound instance). Set attack to minimum.