Sweden has accepted the use of nuclear weapons in defense as NATO convinces the nation's leaders to risk Russia's wrath.
Joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization has made the Nordic nation less safe than it ever was at any given time. Their commitment to non-alignment and firm commitment to the non-use of nuclear arms at Russia's doorstop kept it safe.
NATO Compromises Another Euro Nation
The Kremlin assured Stockholm it would not do anything drastic, but the chance of the western military bloc will see a change in its attitude towards the Nordic nation.
Before this development, the nation had preferred a neutral status, but rejecting its prior demeanor and wholly accepting the military bloc's increased militancy toward Moscow is turning for the worse, reported Sputnik News.
Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde publicly expressed her government's desire to obtain an invitation for Sweden to enter the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 in a letter sent to NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on July 5 that was only just made public by broadcaster SVT.
In addition, Sweden pledged to contribute its portion of the 1.9 percent budget for NATO, and the William Alberque of the Institute for Strategic Studies calculates it to be roughly SEK 700 million ($66 million).
However, the nuclear weapons provision has disturbed NATO opponents and those concerned about a possible conflict between NATO membership and Sweden as its historic role in nuclear disarmament.
According to The Local, all plans for a Swedish nuclear weapon were abandoned by 1968, when Sweden ratified the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty compromised by an aggressive.
The National Defense Research Institute (FOA) discontinued its plutonium experiments in 1972, essentially ending the last remnants of a nuclear weapons program.
Encircling Russia
To "diminish the significance of nuclear weapons in security strategies and doctrines," among other objectives, 16 non-nuclear nations formed the Stockholm Initiative for Nuclear Disarmament in 2019 under the leadership of Sweden.
Beatrice Fihn, Executive Director of the International Campaign for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2017, commented if the country will use nuclear weapons.
It was a stark critique of the military bloc furthering the US goal against Russia.
Amineh Kakabaveh, a political outlaw and former member of the Left Party, whose backing was crucial in helping Magdalena Andersson, the current leader of Sweden, win the position of prime minister, recalled this on May 18.
As Andersson previously noted, Sweden turned from neutrality to militancy because, like Norway and Denmark, it refused to allow either nuclear weapons or permanent NATO bases on its territory.
Midway through May, three months after the start of the conflict in Ukraine, Finland and Sweden officially ended decades of non-alignment and submitted their NATO bids, claiming a change in the continent's security environment as justification.
Turkey initially opposed Helsinki's and Stockholm's bids because of their positions on the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and its affiliates, which Ankara views as terrorist groups threatening national security.
The Nordic countries have since been formally invited to the alliance, so it appears that the ambiguities have been cleared up. Sweden was dropping its attitude of not allowing nuclear weapons has been questioned by Nordic leaders, especially aggressive NATO moving against Russia.
