Published 12 September 2024 at 17.11
Domestic. The government follows MSB's line and now decides to allocate 15 billion per year to build up a civil defense that will handle «the initial consequences» of a war with Russia starting in 2028, SVT reports. But only 1.4 billion of these relate to shelters and the like.
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This includes, among other things, shelters, clean water, transport infrastructure and electronic communication for the the initial phase of the third world war.
According to the government's Powerpoint, this is «the biggest rearmament of civil defense since the Cold War».
In addition to the initial phase of the war, the money should also be sufficient for » an increased ability to ensure some endurance in a more protracted course», according to the government.
— These sectors are particularly important for building a basic robustness in society, if there is an armed attack against Sweden, says the Minister of Civil Defense Carl-Oskar Bohlin (M), who, however, has no military experience himself.
Of the allocation, only 1.4 billion goes to population protection, while the largest items are «healthcare» and «other» .
Otherwise includes public order and grants to voluntary defense organisations, to banks and to the protection of cultural heritage, for example.