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How could the same defense force contain state-of-the-art submarines, 1,000 jets, and bicycle-riding riflemen without shrapnel protection?

The Saab A32 Lansen was flown in peacetime as if Sweden was already at war. Per gets to experience what it was like with one of the pilots who was there when it happened.

About the far-reaching plans for chemical and nuclear weapons and how Sweden prepared for total war.

About the world's most extensive civil defense. The secret facilities and how it was all supposed to work if war came.

Sometimes the highest in the world per capita. With robust and complex weapons systems, but also with something even more important and secret for sale. But not to just anyone…

About the Soviet army, its soldiers and its weapons. Per tests out how it is to be trained by getting beat up. And finally, the answer to the question: If Sweden had been attacked, would we have been able to defend ourselves?