Английская Википедия:Aurora 17
Aurora 17 was a military exercise that took place in Sweden during a three-week period, from 11 through 29 September 2017.[1] Its main focus was the defence of Gotland.[2] It was Sweden’s biggest military exercise in 23 years and involved troops from the United States and some other NATO countries.[2] Major general Bengt Andersson served as its exercise director.[3]
Events and opinions
Around 21,150[4] total personnel from all branches of the Swedish Armed Forces, as well as troops from foreign nations participated. One fourth of them consisted of Home Guardsmen. Civilian authorities, such as police and social services also participated. Finland (Which was not a NATO member at the time) and several NATO nations took part in the exercise. The participating nations included France, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Germany, and the United States.[2] The designated exercise area covered most of Sweden, but was focused on the Mälaren Valley, Stockholm, Gotland and Gothenburg.[1]
The exercise is expected to cost the Swedish government 583 million Swedish kronor (approx. $65.6 million USD).[5][6] The Economist put the cost at $73 million.[7]
On 13 September 2017, Sweden′s defence minister Peter Hultqvist said, "The exercise sends an important signal about our security policy. It raises the deterrent threshold against different types of incidents.”[8] He cited the “deterioration of the security situation in Europe” as the reason for the exercise.[7] The Economist claimed the exercise was aimed at sending a signal to Russia.[7]
See also
- Zapad 2017 exercise within a similar time frame
References
External links
- Regeringsbeslut - Inriktning för Försvarsmaktens verksamhet för åren 2016 till och med 2020
- Swedish Armed Forces - Aurora 17
- Stop Aurora (in Swedish)
- U.S. Marines plan to protect Sweden via Norway | AldriMer.no
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite journal
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
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- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ 7,0 7,1 7,2 Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Exercise ‘Aurora 17’ marks strategic change in Sweden’s military stance Шаблон:Webarchive IHS Jane's Defence Weekly, 15 September 2017.
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