Sweden is buying the Himars rocket artillery system from the USA.
The government has decided this today, according to information to Aftonbladet.
This will be the first time ever that the Armed Forces will receive rocket artillery.
Sweden has also evaluated the K239 Chunmoo system from South Korea, before choosing the American Himars (High mobility artillery rocket system).
Rocket artillery fires different types of rockets, which reach further than the shells from traditional gun artillery. The range varies between 80 and 320 kilometers, depending on the ammunition.
The Himars system was donated to Ukraine in 2022, and initially had extremely high effectiveness in the war against Russia.
American Himars systems have visited Sweden several times, and among other things fired two sharp rockets from Gotland out over the Baltic Sea last spring.
Introducing rocket artillery was a “high priority” for Michael Claesson when he took office as ÖB in 2024.
Aftonbladet has contacted Defense Minister Pål Jonson’s (M) press secretary, who would neither confirm nor deny.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj says that US envoys are expected in Kiev in the coming days for talks on how Russia's war can be brought to an end.
- We expect to meet the US president's envoy here in Kiev. We have confirmation from them, Zelenskyj says in his daily speech.
- They will have meetings in both Moscow and Kiev. We expect a meeting in the coming days.
Diplomatic attempts to end Russia's war have in recent months been overshadowed by the US war in Iran.
Donald Trump's envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have been involved in shuttle diplomacy between Russia and Ukraine, and have visited Moscow on several occasions.
So far, however, they have not traveled to Kiev.
At least four people were killed and about 60 injured when a projectile hit a house where a wedding party was being held on Tuesday. The US has been blamed for the attack, but denies the allegations.
During the US attacks on Iran on Tuesday, a drone or missile hit a private residential building in the coastal town of Kuhestak on the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran has called the attack a genocide, but the information has not been confirmed elsewhere and the US says it only attacked military targets.
The BBC has fact-checked images from the scene and experts claim for the media company that remains indicate that it was an American projectile.
US Vice President JD Vance said on Thursday that an investigation has been launched, but that he doubts the Iranian information.
– Iranian state media does not have a great track record. So I am extremely skeptical.
