Sweden has announced that it will reintroduce compulsory military service starting this summer to respond to global security challenges including from Russia.
“The government wants a more stable staff supply system and to boost its military capability because the security situation has changed,” Swedish Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist told TT news agency on Thursday.
The Scandinavian nation, which has not seen armed conflict on its territory in two centuries, ended conscription in 2010 after it was deemed an unsatisfactory way of meeting the needs of a modern army.
Sweden’s minority government on Thursday is set to introduce to the
source http://www.omnipopmag.com/2017/03/02/compulsory-11-month-military-service-039to-face-threats039/
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