Sweden’s military readies fighter jets, submarines, naval fleet and troops ahead of joining NATO

As Sweden prepares to join NATO, thereby ending 200 years of neutrality and military non-alignment, the military says it is ready for the "necessary" move.

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom travelled to Washington on Wednesday (March 6) where they are expected to complete the process of joining NATO.

Sweden will immediately become NATO's 32nd member when it deposits the formal documentation.

"I feel good. It's been a long journey, of course, and it's a political decision that we in the armed forces in the Swedish Navy really stand by, and unfortunately it's a necessary move, a big move in Swedish national policy, but for sure it's about the security environment in our part of Europe," said the Commander of Sweden's Fourth Naval Flotilla, Anders Backstrom, speaking at the Berga Naval Base near Stockholm.

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