STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's government said on Friday it had put aside up to 1.6 billion Swedish crowns ($163 million) to strengthen its military infrastructure on the strategically important ...

Article Summary – In 2005, Swedish AIP submarine HMS Gotland stunned the U.S. Navy by repeatedly “killing” carrier USS Ronald ...

Sweden has interpreted Russian naval exercises in the Black Sea as a regional threat. As well as being a tourist destination Gotland is strategically important and is often referred to as being Sweden ...

Three Tu-22M3 long-range bombers performed a more than five-hour mission from the Kola Peninsula, entering the Baltic Sea air space through the narrow corridor between Finland and Estonia, before ...

TOFTA, Gotland, SWEDEN (Reuters) -The Swedish island of Gotland holds the key to control of the Baltic Sea, according to Swedish and Polish officers taking part in military exercises this week aimed ...

Repeated naval war games have revealed an uncomfortable truth: quiet diesel-electric submarines can routinely “sink” ...

VISBY, Sweden -- Having to defend Gotland against a foreign invasion seemed such a far-fetched notion to Swedish decision-makers at the start of the century that they demilitarized the Baltic Sea ...

We're going to hear now about a picturesque Swedish island in the Baltic Sea - Gotland. For military experts, Gotland is an essential strategic spot. NPR's Ari Shapiro explains this island is at the ...

STOCKHOLM, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Sweden's military said on Thursday it was ramping up its visible activities on the Baltic Sea island of Gotland amid increased tensions between NATO and Russia and a ...