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 "title": "Sweden Authorises SEK 7bn HIMARS Buy, Launchers Due 2027, Finland and Lockheed-Saab Declarations Signed",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/sweden-himars-authorisation-sek-7-billion-2027-finland-lockheed-saab-declarations/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/sweden-himars-authorisation-sek-7-billion-2027-finland-lockheed-saab-declarations/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-09-07T14:32:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-09-09T14:32:55.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStockholm, 7 September 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * The Swedish government authorised the armed forces to buy Lockheed Martin's HIMARS rocket artillery, cost about SEK 7 billion, first deliveries in 2027, financed from the ordinary investment plan and an opportunity purchase\n * No launcher count in the government release; SVT reports \"just over ten\" firing units; the US cleared up to twenty in March\n * Jonson and Finland's Antti Häkkänen signed a declaration of intent on training, capabili",
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 "sources": [],
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