Sweden Fits Guns To Coast Guard Vessels As Baltic Tensions Rise

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Sweden is equipping its civilian coast guard vessels with machine guns in response to escalating tensions in the Baltic Sea, driven by perceived threats from Russia-linked vessels.

By Charlie Duxbury Jun 27, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Sweden is fitting machine guns to its civilian coast guard vessels to better counter what it views as an intensifying threat from Russia-linked vessels...