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PREVIEW: #NATO: Discussing with Colonel Jeff McCausland of CBS News the strategic advantage of adding Sweden to NATO on the eve of the largest NATO exercise since the end of the Soviet Union, STEADFAST DEFENDER 2024. More of this later as we also discuss

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🗓️ 24 January 2024

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PREVIEW: #NATO: Discussing with Colonel Jeff McCausland of CBS News the strategic advantage of adding Sweden to NATO on the eve of the largest NATO exercise since the end of the Soviet Union, STEADFAST DEFENDER 2024. More of this later as we also discuss the ammunition problem in Ukraine, the threat of Russia attacking NATO, and the futility of firing missiles at the Houthis, tonight.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/nato-kick-off-biggest-drills-decades-with-some-90000-troops-2024-01-18/

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This is John Bachelor. Sweden.

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On the eve of Sweden entering NATO, I speak with Colonel Jeff McCausen, my colleague at CBS News.

0:40.0

And this is an excerpt.

0:42.0

What is the significance of adding Sweden and Finland to NATO's frontier,

0:48.0

stretching from the Arctic to the Black Sea?

0:52.0

Jeff explicates exactly the advantages of Sweden and the chief

0:57.8

insight here is that Sweden's not been a member of NATO since this second war. That is allowed Sweden to develop its

1:06.4

own independent defense industry. A great advantage given the struggles that NATO is

1:12.1

now having finding enough

1:13.2

ammunition and building enough of a factory base to sustain its presence on the

1:19.4

frontier with the threats of the Russian Federation. Here's Jeff McCausen on Sweden and Finland entering NATO.

1:27.2

Sweden, however, is a significant military power

1:30.5

and its own right, not only based on the size of its forces, the level of technology,

1:36.4

of aircraft, ships, and the like, but a very sophisticated defense industrial base, the

1:41.1

Swedes have maintained throughout the years largely because of their

1:44.4

independence from any alliance.

1:46.4

So they really are a security contributor, number one.

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