Ha! Resourceful too.

@@HistoricWings Indeed. It's impressive that a small nation like Sweden can build such hi-tech weapons. Jetfighters, missiles, submarines etc.

Simple instructions and the parts are assembled with the hex tool too!

That's probably true, except that the budget would reflect it.

Palme was the father of the Swedish bomb; it was well-understood. Why blame the CIA for Palme's assassination? Because it encourages anti-US sentiment. Those kinds of claims that the CIA assassinated Palme, in my opinion, are both unfounded and absurd on their face. Most likely, they're little more than Soviet propaganda, yet it continues to be a seductive topic for Swedes. It would be far more likely that the KGB assassinated Palme than the CIA.

Beware the Zerg!

Yes, he did -- he called it one of the dumbest things he ever did.

I had stopped making videos for awhile as I tried to focus on getting some games completed and published. I will be restarting videos, including more play-through videos, in 2025. Thanks for asking!

Music is always tough for videos -- thanks for your comment!

If we don't know what it is, generally it's aliens... Hahaha

I'll have to do a follow up video with more information. Thanks for your comment.

It is small when compared to the size of the United States -- sorry about that.

Fair

Thank you, good sir! Tack!

Thank you! I don't know if it should be called "heroic", but I appreciate the comment very much.

Thank you for the comment! It is interesting for me to follow the comments -- some say that this is completely impossible and imagined, others say they have firsthand knowledge of it, and a few say they worked on the program.

That's a great question. There was a lot of sharing of nuclear technology from the USA, but not generally about how to manufacture an atomic bomb. One can surmise that intelligence agencies were involved.

Thank you for your comments! I'm sorry that the Government of Sweden was not more open with its own citizens. However, the circumstances of the Cold War meant that many secrets had to be preserved.

It is a major industry, that's true.

Thank you, good sir!

I'll work on better pronunciation of his name if I have any future videos where he is mentioned. Thank you for your help!

I believe that a major crossroads was reached in the Swedish government -- to either join NATO and have the US/UK/French nuclear umbrella, or apply a significant portion of its defense budget toward developing nuclear weapons.

We often talk about the breakout time from current status to nuclear weapons armed -- for Iran, that's measured in weeks. For countries like Japan, South Korea, and other European nations, it is probably measured in months.

It is interesting that most Swedes do not know of it.

@HistoricWings I find that very disturbing. Of course you don't publicize something like that, but your own population should at least be informed about the basics.

Thank you for pointing that out!

Sweden's membership in NATO provides a nuclear deterrent without having to relaunch its program.

Yes, Sweden had an extensive program.

That's a good point. We should never confuse politics with reality.

The A 36 was never developed to a flying prototype stage. Considerable design work was done, however. The SAAB 37 Viggen was designed to be nuclear capable.

Thank you, sir! I believe that Sweden could deploy a nuclear weapon fairly quickly if pressed. The choice was made that it was better to get under the NATO nuclear umbrella than afford the cost of redeveloping its own program.

@@HistoricWings Yes, a less risky (and cheaper) way of secretly joining NATO without splitting the Social Democratic Party. Genius.

@@mikanoren1172 Exactly. And then they pretend to be "neutral" and peace-loving 🙄 Double-standard and hypocricy is in their blood.

I have a sense that Sweden has no current bomb program, though it is clear that it has the materiel, knowledge, and infrastructure to rapidly build one if it had to.

I have a sense that nobody in the region wants anything to do with Russian land -- the cost of modernizing and rebuilding would break the budget. Look at Google Streetview images of the Karelian Peninsula, lands that were formerly Finland. It is not even "benign neglect", it is just complete neglect and Russian corruption on full display.

Thank you! Yes, Sweden had plans for tactical nuclear artillery shells, missiles that carried nuclear warheads, rockets to be launched from aircraft with nuclear tips, nuclear bombs to drop from airplanes, and even nuclear torpedos to fire from their A-11 submarine designs of the 1950s and 1960s.

Thank you for pointing that out!

You naughty little rebel!

That's really funny! Great photo op!

Wow, thank you for the kind comments! I've only been producing a few videos and am likely to continue with new content in 2025.

Arguably, the world is safer with fewer nuclear-capable countries -- it isn't a desire to flex nuclear muscle on the part of the UK, French, USA, or Israel, it is the desire to ensure that all adversaries fully understand and appreciate that there is no victory in a war against them. One could argue, for instance, that Israel has avoided repetitions of the "wars of national survival" that had come before it had nuclear weapons. Once their program had proved the technology, none of the surrounding Arab states was willing to start a major war.

​@@HistoricWings If they want to reduce the amount of nuclear weapons they should get rid of their own. It's the equivalent of a big scary guy with four different automatic guns, eight pistols and a literal grenade launcher telling you you really shouldn't own a pistol, while he is holding a fully loaded AR with the safety off. Then he says you can "compromise", and in exchange for throwing away one of his 3 Glocks, you must swear to never own any weapons whatsoever. Sure, maybe it's arguable better if fewer people had weapons either way, but it's still extremely hypocritical for any nuclear armed country to argue against nuclear weapons without getting rid of their own.

Yes, always -- this is completely based on unclassified sources.

De skall buga inför skandinaviens rätta ägare

My sense is that the Danes are not about to bow to anyone, least of all the Swedes... There is some history there.

@@HistoricWingshating on the danes is swedish culture. That simple. Also, i dont think sweden has at all times been able to beat the danes?

That's really interesting -- ether is very flammable and volatile. I can imagine the danger.

They definitely copied US designs at the very least. Their nuclear artillery shell was almost an identical copy of the US Army's version.

Of note, I have never seen plans for a Nazi atomic bomb.

We all knows why...

Yes, the Tunnan shares some similarities with Kurt Tank's designs.

Swedes have long experience with the Russians and I believe that this colors their views.

Nice area! Great granite bedrock too!

Yes, that's a point I've heard. As I wrote in reply to another comment, I believe that Putin would still have attacked Ukraine even if it had retained its nuclear weapons arsenal.

Thanks for saying that! Good point.

Very few realize it, but the Swedish fighter planes are named after BIRDS! What is this bird called in your language? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tufted_duck

Swedes really object when Americans mispronounce the name of the aircraft as Vig (rhymes with "big") Unn.

Wood would also work well for minimizing the radar cross-section.... Hahaha

Per capita, in terms of manpower and budget. Think it through.