Swedish armed neutrality rested on industrial depth

The discussion ranges beyond ships to Swedish rifles, submachine guns, machine guns, anti-tank weapons, armoured vehicles, and artillery. Bofors naval production extended from 120 mm and several 152 mm models to 283 mm weapons for coastal-defence ships. That breadth gave Sweden the means to support its neutrality with a well-equipped military supplied by domestic industry. The comparison with mountainous, heavily armed Switzerland introduces the wider deterrence argument. Sweden's version is likened to a porcupine that could replace the weapons it expended as well as impose a heavy cost on an attacker.