from Euractiv.com

Sweden considers raising the upper conscription age for former military officers from 47 to 70 to ensure its military is prepared in times of crisis, the Swedish defence minister said last Monday.

The proposal is among several options suggested by an inquiry the government ordered in 2024 – the year the country joined NATO – to look at how Sweden’s expanding armed forces would be assured of personnel in a conflict. Sweden broke two centuries of military non-alignment to join NATO in the aftermath of Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which sparked alarm in Stockholm and Helsinki that Moscow could eventually threaten them. Finland joined NATO in 2023.

Presenting the inquiry results, Sweden’s Defence Minister Pål Jonson told a press conference on Monday that the Nordic country of 10.5 million people faced “serious times”.

“This means that we are now making very significant investments in the military defence,” Jonson told reporters.

In addition to investing in equipment already underway, Sweden also needed to make sure that enough military personnel would be available in a crisis.

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What kind of crisis are they thinking of — massive mayhem by their million+ Third World immigrants? Definitely not that. Nope, “The Russians are coming!” It’s hard to understand the mentality of Leftist governments, but one thing we do know is that creating fear among the population is a fundamental part of their strategy. Sweden would benefit from Russian occuption but it’s hardly something Russia would have any interest in. If/when NATO decides to invade Russia, Sweden’s NATO bases on its soil will each be the target of a long range Oreshnik missile, and that would be it. Russia has nothing to worry about from a country run by Woke flakes. —Eds