The Swedish island of Gotland is the last bastion between Russia and the entire Baltic region. Now that Sweden has officially joined NATO, the country plans to accelerate its fortification of the island and make it a priority to repel a rapidly militarizing Russia. Life for locals makes it clear that something has changed.
The island of Gotland will become one of the strongholds of the Alliance, and the powerful Swedish military industry will strengthen the development of aircraft, tanks and anti-aircraft defense systems
The Swedish Armed Forces announced on 25 April that they had fired an RBS 23 medium-range surface-to-air missile (SAM) at the Tofta firing range on Gotland the day before, strengthening the defence of the Baltic island and contributing to bu.
Located in the Baltic Sea, the Swedish island of Gotland stands between Russia and the entire region. also raises the stakes for all of NATO, with Stockholm joining the Alliance. Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Stockholm has been fortifying this key strip of territory.