Nordiskt operativt försvarssamarbete - Nuläge och framtida utvecklingsmöjligheter

This study examines Nordic defence cooperation with a particular focus on activities that have the potential to contribute to increased operational capability. By charting the expanding cooperative efforts - on an overarching level as well as within each of the three military branches - it identifies five areas of significance: 1) established contacts and secure communications; 2) easy access to each other's air, sea and land territories as well as alternate landing bases; 3) common training and exercises; 4) surveillance information exchange; and 5) combined action and combined forces. The study analyses how collaboration in these areas increases the operational capability of the Nordic countries and discusses the potential for further development. Ultimately, however, the difference in military affiliation of the Nordic countries means that Nordic defence cooperation remains limited to peacetime conditions.