• mindlight@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    It’s ok to claim that the US spent millions of dollars leasing a submarine to train on a situation that would never happen. I’m pretty sure there might be some not so insignificant people disagreeing with you though.

    • Cethin@lemmy.zip
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      1 year ago

      I don’t think it was leased. It was a NATO wargame. It was volunteered, as Sweden is a part of NATO.

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        1 year ago

        I know some people who served on Gotland. I know for a fact that it was leased. Twice. The lease was renewed partly because of the US Navy having the problems they had. However, the exercise was never about Swedish submarines.

        It was all about Chinese submarines.

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          1 year ago

          Ok, I have no information of the leasing thing, which I don’t doubt but I do doubt it was leased for the war game. Probably just for other testing if I had to guess.

          Sweden is a NATO partner nation. While not a full member, they participate in NATO war games and other activities. It’s stupid that fill membership is blocked though.

      • Rakonat@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Sweden isn’t part of NATO, Norway and Finland are. Turkey keeps vetoing their admission for political reasons.