The Brilliant Barrel

摘要

Sweden remained neutral during World War Two, but there was a growing belief that the country's military needed to significantly upgrade its increasingly outdated equipment as the war in Europe came to an end. In particular, the advent of jet-driven combat aircraft had left Sweden's air force, the Svenska Flygvapnet (usually abbreviated to Flygvapnet), at a potentially considerable disadvantage. Short-term improvement of its frontline capability came, in part, mainly with the supply of weaponry from the victorious Allies.