Nordic defence "pool and share" pact proposed, appeal of Gripen a big selling point
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Sweden is looking to accelerate the Nordic cooperation pact with Norway, Finland and Denmark as it covets joint air, naval and land units for the region.
Swedish Defence Minister Karin Enstr÷m and Foreign Minister Carl Bildt wrote in a joint statement:
"Sweden wants to create a more efficient use of resources, higher quality, better effects and an expanded variety of defence capabilities through cooperation. Joint ownership and use of military capacities and resources, or so-called pooling...
