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Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Sweden's Next Spy Ship

Sweden is going ahead with a plan to replace its current signal intelligence (Sigint) vessel, the 1,400-ton HMS Orion (A 201) built in the 1980s, with the much larger, 3,600-ton HMS Carlskrona (M 04) that is to be converted from its current role as a training ship to a Sigint platform.

Although the Carlskrona is just as old as the Orion (in fact it was commissioned in 1982, two years before Orion), it has almost three times the displacement and is significantly longer (350 ft. as opposed to 200 ft.) than the current Sigint ship.

While Orion is well suited for Sigint operations in the Baltic waters that are off Sweden's eastern and southern coasts, it is less suitable for worldwide deployment.

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