Synopsis
Sweden has hosted an exercise involving 26,000 personnel from Sweden and various NATO Allies including Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Portugal, the United Kingdom and the United States. Exercise Aurora 23 tested Sweden’s capacity to defend itself against any potential threat.
Exercise Aurora 23 ran from 17 April until 11 May and took place primarily in southern Sweden and in and around Gotland. The Swedish Armed Forces trained alongside various NATO Allies to exchange tactics and to enhance a long-standing cooperation.
Footage includes shots of Swedish Army Leopard tanks, NH-90 helicopters and soundbites from General Micael Bydén, Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces, and Colonel Anders Jönsson, Swedish Navy.
Transcript
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(00:00) VARIOUS SHOTS – SWEDISH ARMY LEOPARD TANKS CROSSING OPEN GROUND AND FIRING DURING EXERCISE AURORA 23
(00:30) WIDE SHOT – SWEDISH ARMOURED RECOVERY VEHICLE
(00:38) CLOSE SHOT -SWEDISH CV90 ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLE DURING EXERCISE AURORA 23
(00:46) WIDE SHOT – SWEDISH AIR FORCE NH-90 HELICOPTER AND AW-109 HELICOPTER IN FLIGHT
(00:55) CLOSE SHOT – A US AIR FORCE PAVEHAWK HELICOPTER
(01:10) VARIOUS SHOTS – A US AIR FORCE PAVEHAWK DROPS SWEDISH AIR FORCE RANGERS ONTO A LANDING ZONE IN A SIMULATED RESCUE SCENARIO DURING EXERCISE AURORA 23.
(01:31) WIDE SHOT – SWEDISH MECHANISED INFANTRY SOLDIERS EXIT A CV-90 ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLE DURING EXERCISE AURORA 23.
(01:37) VARIOUS SHOTS – SWEDISH MECHANISED INFANTRY SOLDIERS PATROL IN THE WOODS
(01:54) VARIOUS SHOTS – SWEDISH MECHANISED INFANTRY SOLDIER FIRES THEIR WEAPON IN A SIMULATED TRAINING SCENARIO DURING EXERCISE AURORA 23.
(02:02) CLOSE SHOTS – SWEDISH MECHANISED INFANTRY SOLDIERS PATROL IN THE WOODS
(02:16) CLOSE SHOT – FINNISH SOLDIER STANDING IN FORMATION
(02:20) CLOSE SHOT – FINNISH FLAG ARM PATCH
(02:25) CLOSE SHOT – SWEDISH CREW MEMBERS OF A CV-90 ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLE STANDING IN FORMATION
(02:31) CLOSE SHOT – SWEDISH AIR FORCE RANGER STANDING IN FORMATION
(02:37) CLOSE SHOT – A SWEDISH ARMY CONSCRIPT POSES FOR A PORTRAIT
(02:44) CLOSE SHOT – SWEDISH FLAG ARM PATCH
(02:50) CLOSE SHOT – A SWEDISH ARMY CONSCRIPT POSES FOR A PORTRAIT
(02:57) CLOSE SHOT – SWEDISH FLAG ARM PATCH
(03:02) CLOSE SHOT – A SWEDISH ARMY CONSCRIPT POSES FOR A PORTRAIT
(03:10) CLOSE SHOT – A SWEDISH ARMY CONSCRIPT POSES FOR A PORTRAIT
(03:16) CLOSE SHOT – SWEDISH OSPREY HELICOPTER PILOT ARM PATCH
(03:25) CLOSE SHOT – A SWEDISH HELICOPTER PILOT POSES FOR A PORTRAIT
(03:30) CLOSE SHOT – A SWEDISH HELICOPTER PILOT POSES FOR A PORTRAIT
(03:37) CLOSE SHOT – SWEDISH FLAG ARM PATCH
(03:45) SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) – COLONEL ANDERS JÖNSSON, SWEDISH NAVY
“The exercise Aurora. Aurora stands for dawn, meaning the beginning of the build-up of the Swedish armed forces. It's a very big exercise with more than 26,000 participants from, of course, Sweden, but also from 14 other nations.
(04:06) SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) – COLONEL ANDERS JÖNSSON, SWEDISH NAVY
“The exercise stands on a national defence from, is based on a national defence exercise, but also together with the partners. So, we have the main objectives for the Air Force is to be able to command the units, but also to provide the host nation support for partners, but also to integrate them together with the Swedish units and to be able to command all of it.”
(04:34) SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) – GENERAL MICAEL BYDÉN, SUPREME COMMANDER OF THE SWEDISH ARMED FORCES
“We come from a situation where the capability, the military capabilities were very low, small numbers, the realisation that the development of the world is not as positive as we saw before. Look what happened last year with the full invasion, the war is back in Europe. So now we're building again. We need a strong national defence even though we are entering NATO sooner or later, you need a robust, solid national defence to take care of your own safety and defence.”
(05:12) SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) – GENERAL MICAEL BYDÉN, SUPREME COMMANDER OF THE SWEDISH ARMED FORCES
“Of course, we bring in knowledge about fighting in this environment at our territory down south here, not least up north, harsh conditions, very cold, so that would be one thing. Modern thinking, high level of training and education for our officers, that would be part of what we bring to the table.”
(05:38) SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) – GENERAL MICAEL BYDÉN, SUPREME COMMANDER OF THE SWEDISH ARMED FORCES
“The main thing will be to have a security guarantee as a country. So, it's a political decision to be part of something greater, the military alliance, but also being able then to be part of the real operational planning, including bringing our national planning into NATO, to be part of it and not least be part of NATO's deterrence. And I know today that Swedish military capabilities will add to NATO deterrence.”
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