NATO's newest member says it's ready to fortify a strategic island in the middle of the Baltic Sea close to Russia

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Swedish military officials watch a C-130H take off from a runway on Gotland Island on October 23, 2021.

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Sweden conducted its first reconnaissance flights near the Russian border since joining NATO

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Planes from different NATO nations' militaries fly in formation over the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge on June 6, 2022, during an exercise in the Baltic Sea.

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Russia isn't ready for the surprise NATO attack its strategists foresee

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Destroyer USS McCampbell launches a missile for a flight test on Feb. 8 off Hawaii.
Destroyer USS McCampbell launches a missile for a flight test on Feb. 8 off Hawaii.

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With Sweden in NATO, the alliance has new ways to strike Russia's prime targets

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Air force from different nations fly in formation over the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) on June 6, 2022, during the BALTOPS 22 Exercise in the Baltic Sea. -

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Europe cannot keep assuming the US will fund its defense, European leader warns

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A Ukrainian soldier walks with a firearm in the snow, with other soldiers and black smoke behind him
Ukrainian servicemen attend drills near the border with Russia in Sumy region, Ukraine, in January 2024.

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NATO navies can exploit a Russian fear and keep Putin from invading more neighbors

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The world's largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) steam in formation in the Mediterranean Sea, Aug. 21, 2023.
The world's largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) steam in formation in the Mediterranean Sea, Aug. 21, 2023.

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If Putin isn't stopped 'whatever happens next is Europe's problem at large,' Lithuanian PM says

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Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė wearing a black coat lays a tribute at the bottom of a statue
Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė pays tribute to victims of the Holodomor, Great Famine, which took place in the 1930s and killed millions, in Kyiv, Ukraine, November 2022.

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Europe is investing in defense in ways that were 'unimaginable' before Russia invaded Ukraine, Lithuanian PM says

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Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte and Ukrainian counterpart Denys Shmyhal visit the town of Borodianka in Ukraine's Kyiv region in April 2022.
Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte and her Ukrainian counterpart Denys Shmyhal in the town of Borodianka in Ukraine's Kyiv region in April 2022.

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Sweden is exactly what the West needs to counter Putin's underhand tactics

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Swedish troops from the Life Guards train at a military site in Kungsangen, Sweden.
Swedish troops from the Life Guards train at a military site in Kungsangen, Sweden.

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A longtime Russia ally suspended participation in Putin's NATO rival after calling it ineffective

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Yerevan on November 23, 2022

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