Published 21 May 2024 at 13.22
Domestic. What appears to be a military Israeli weapon system has been discovered on the roof of the Riksdag House in Stockholm.
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Today's ETC has spoken to several defense experts which confirms that it is the “Red sky” weapon system from the Israeli arms company Elbit.
The system detects, identifies and neutralizes drones by disrupting them.
The equipment, which consists of three components, stands on the roof of the Riksdag.
Representatives of the Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit visited the Riksdag several times.
Now what appears to be a military weapons system has appeared on the roof of the Riksdag.
Today's ETC learns that it is equipment from Elbit.https://t.co/uE9SDZNWfu
— Dagens ETC (@ETC_redaktionen) May 20, 2024
According to a source for Dagens ETC, representatives of Elbit are now in place in Stockholm and in the Riksdag.
– Elbit will to have drones flying over central Stockholm to show that their secret equipment can catch them, says the source.
The Riksdag's information service states that it is about “equipment belonging to preparedness or security operations”, but does not want give more details than that.
Elbit weapons are used in Israel's controversial war against Gaza. Just two weeks after the war broke out, on October 25, 2023, the Swedish Armed Forces concluded an agreement with Elbit that amounted to SEK 1.7 billion. Financial institutions and pension and investment funds around the world have excluded Elbit Systems due to the company's complicity in Israel's military violence against civilians. Among them are Swedish pension funds.