1990 RAND Report on Soviet Sub Operations in Swedish Waters

[stww2]

https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a238953.pdf

A fascinating, if dated, RAND report on Soviet submarine operations in Swedish waters. It discusses the history of these operations, the possible motives for them, their implications, and analyzes the Soviet and Swedish response.

It's interesting that this report was written in 1990, and still clearly sees the USSR as a serious security threat (the report's conclusion, by the way, was that the Soviet operations signaled an intent to launch a preemptive strike on Sweden in the event of an outbreak of a European war in order to force Sweden to allow Soviet access to Swedish territory on order to attack Norway). Which I guess the USSR still was, but in retrospect the portrayal is jarring; after all, this is the same state that would collapse within a year of this report's publishing.

[stilesw]

https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a238953.pdf
A fascinating, if dated, RAND report on Soviet submarine operations in Swedish waters. It discusses the history of these operations, the possible motives for them, their implications, and analyzes the Soviet and Swedish response.

Grayson,

Thanks for this reference. I've added it to the CMANO/CMO unofficial Dropbox reference library.

Unofficial - i.e. not sponsored by WarefareSims, MatrixGames, Slitherine, their employees, relatives, pets or ancestors.

As always, any forum member can have access to this Dropbox resource. Just PM me with your email address.

-Wayne Stiles