Ravenwood - 09/03/03 06:00 AM
ABC (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.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".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.
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I don't know about you, but I plan to invade Sweden at 6 o' clock... :)
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