Stockholm, July 14, 2025 (AFP) - Sweden mulls calling up 70-year-old officers for military service

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Sweden is considering calling up former officers as old as 70 to active duty as it seeks to ensure its military is prepared in times of crisis, the defence minister said on Monday. The proposal is among several options suggested by an inquiry that the government ordered in 2024, the year the country joined NATO, to look at how Sweden's expanding armed forces would be assured of personnel in a conflict. Sweden broke two centuries of military non-a......

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