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Originally Posted by Jimbuna
Gets me wondering just how poorly prepared and equipped some NATO members are for similar eventualities.
Granted, Sweden is not a member and hardly has much if any past history this century as being anything other than a neutral.
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The waters in the archipelago are really difficult to search in. A small submersible with enough endurance can hide on the bottom in cracks and crevices and remain virtually undetectable. If then manages to move to areas already searched it becomes even more difficult. I suspect that both passive and active sonar gives a lot of clutter, and the murky waters make visual inspections with ROVs difficult as well.