The Swedish prime minister has said that his country is neither at war nor at peace as he announced that Sweden would be sending armed forces into the Baltic Sea for the first time as part of increased surveillance efforts amid a spate of suspected sabotage of undersea cables.
The country announced it will contribute up to three warships and a surveillance aircraft to a Nato effort to monitor critical infrastructure and Russia’s “shadow fleet” as the alliance tries to guard against sabotage of underwater infrastructure.
You do not have to do a formal declaration of war when you declare your enemy to be non-state. It have everything to do with a declaration of war.
That line, “neither at war nor at peace” makes ZERO sense from a legal point of view. They are, for now, at peace with Russia and Iran. If they want that to change they can issue a declaration of war, which would be warranted if the accusations were solid.
But they do not have the balls. They just want some cheap thrill to keep their population scared, it’s good for weapon sales.