When Sweden joins Nato, it will help the alliance redress its vulnerability in northwest Europe – the Baltic Sea, a shared waterway with Russia with a bottleneck for access to ports in eight states including Germany. | Reuters
Sweden has three advanced Gotland-class submarines and one older model which will be retired when two new design A26 vessels are delivered in 2027 and 2028, giving it five by the end of the decade.Experience. Sweden has been operating submarines in the Baltic since 1904. None of the neighboring countries have been as active underwater as the Swedes.
The Baltic is also a complex waterway: With lots of rivers feeding it, it has widely varying salinity levels. These change both the buoyancy of a submarine and the way sound travels under water, and it takes local knowledge to navigate successfully.While submerged, conventional submarines run on battery power. Most need to resurface after a couple of days so their diesel engines can run to recharge the batteries.
Known as the A26, the SAAB Kockums-built vessels will be bigger and more versatile than the Gotlands and have a unique feature: a 1.5 meter diameter dive-lock, called a multi mission-portal, in the bow.
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