Swedish Armed Forces go 9 to 5


iconABC (Australia) reports that due to budget cuts, the Swedish armed forces are only working 9-5.

Sweden's armed forces will operate only during office hours for the rest of the year to cut costs, according to military headquarters.

They will also cut fighter plane patrols to a minimum, keep navy ships in port, mothball armoured vehicles and stop using large-calibre live ammunition during exercises. [...]

A parliamentary defence commission said in a recent report that the likelihood of Sweden facing a military threat in the foreseeable future was very small.

Now that the secret is out, the threat probably just got a whole lot bigger. They remind me of those GFWs that put a sign on their lawn proclaiming "Gun free home". In both cases, the sign might as well say "we are defenseless, please come attack us".


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I don't know about you, but I plan to invade Sweden at 6 o' clock... :)

Posted by: Owen Courrèges at September 4, 2003 2:58 AM

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