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Sweden Boosts Baltic Sea Security Amid Rising Threats
10/3/2025
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- Sweden proposes legislation to strengthen Baltic Sea security by expanding coast guard's maritime surveillance.
- The plan follows outages to undersea cables and a gas pipeline tied to Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, with drone sightings.
- Carl-Oskar Bohlin, Sweden's Minister for Civil Defence, says action is needed over airspace violations.
- NATO is upgrading its Baltic Sea mission, deploying an air-defense frigate.
