Military● ElevatedSep 1 · Sep 1, 2026, 8:49 AM

Sweden rehearses mass military burials as part of largest defence drill in decades

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from EuroNews [en] · Western Europe

Real body bags, a priest reciting last rites to fictional soldiers, and cold-storage stress tests reveal just how far Sweden is willing to go to prepare its defence.

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