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Author_Ola Tunander
Category=JPS
Category=JWCK
clandestine submarine operations Sweden
Cold War intelligence
Dagens Nyheter
Depth Charges
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Eastern Military District
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Foreign Minister
hunt
Knocking Sounds
maritime security studies
Midget Submarine
military
Mine Barrage
NATO Country
naval military strategy
political manipulation research
psychological operations
Small Submersible
soviet
Soviet Submarine
SSI
State Secretary
stockholm
Stockholm Archipelago
Stockholm Harbour
submarine
Submarine Hunt
Submarine Intrusions
Submarine Operations
swedish
Swedish Archipelagos
Swedish Submarine
Swedish Territorial Waters
Swedish Tv
Swedish Waters
UK Submarine
War Diary
waters
Western covert actions
Western Submarines
Product details
- ISBN 9780714653228
- Weight: 890g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 22 Jul 2004
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Following the stranding of a Soviet Whiskey-class submarine in 1981 on the Swedish archipelago, a series of massive submarine intrusions took place within Swedish waters.
However, the evidence for these appears to have been manipulated or simply invented. Classified documents and interviews point to covert Western, rather than Soviet activity. This is backed up by former US Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger, who stated that Western "testing" operations were carried out regularly in Swedish waters. Royal Navy submarine captains have also admitted to top-secret operations.
Ola Tunander's revelations make it clear that the United States and Britain ran a "secret war" in Swedish waters. The number of Swedes perceiving the Soviet Union as a direct threat increased from 5-10 per cent in 1980 to 45 per cent in 1983. This Anglo-American "secret war" was aimed at exerting political influence over Sweden. It was a risky enterprise, but perhaps the most successful covert operation of the entire Cold War.
