TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bitzinger,Richard
ED  - Rand Corporation.
TI  - Facing the future: the Swedish Air Force, 1990-2005 
SN  - 0833011030
AV  - UG635.S85 .B58 1991
PY  - 1991///
CY  - Santa Monica, CA
PB  - RAND
KW  - Sweden
KW  - Flygvapnet
KW  - Air forces
KW  - Military planning
KW  - Defenses
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 53-59); Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format
N2  - This report examines the current and future state of the Swedish Air Force (SwAF) as it embarks on a major modernization program and the implications that this has or may have for Swedish defense and Western security interests. The SwAF is currently one of the largest air forces in Western Europe and should remain a considerable and capable force into the 21st century, despite continuing defense budgetary constraints. It will not be able to compensate fully for the decline in Sweden's other military services, however, creating the risk that Sweden's defenses could become a hollow shell. Sweden could find itself increasingly dependent upon its assumptions of an indirect U.S. security guarantee, which in the absence of a formal defense agreement is an unreliable basis for national security
UR  - http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R4007/
ER  -