Swedish Defense Minister Says Arms Output Ramp-Up to Take Time
- Pal Jonson, who holds defense portfolio, speaks in interview
- ‘Full effect’ of production capacity boost may take until 2026
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Sweden’s defense minister said it will take as long as two years to reach desired capacity to furnish Ukraine with more ammunition and beef up its own military, after the Nordic nation became NATO’s newest member.
For a nation that’s been at peace for some 200 years and that drastically cut back military spending after the end of the Cold War, Russia’s aggression has upended the calculus.