Swiss Voters Reject $3.5 Billion Gripen Purchase
Swiss voters rejected a 3.1 billion- franc ($3.5 billion) order for Gripen fighter jets, a setback to Swedish defense company...
Swiss Gripen Fighter Aircraft Purchase Clears Hurdle In Parliament
The House of Representatives has agreed to buy fighter jets from Swedish aerospace company Saab. The controversial purchase still needs...
Legal Trade In Small Arms Doubles In Six Years
The legal international trade in small arms, light weapons, their parts and ammunition is worth at least $8.5 billion (SFr8.15...
Sweden Offers Gripen Fighter Jets to Swiss
Sweden has offered to loan Switzerland a squadron of used Gripen fighter jets – model C/D – until the new...
Swiss Ministry Under Pressure Over Gripen Fighters
The defence ministry is examining allegations of purposely ignoring unfavorable results of evaluation reports to buy controversial Swedish fighter jets....
Swiss Approve Army Budget and Jets
Parliament has approved an annual budget of SFr5 billion ($5.6 billion) for Switzerland’s armed forces, including the purchase of fighter...
Press Criticises Decision to Boost Army Budget
"Irresponsible" is one word that sums up the reaction in the Swiss newspapers to parliament’s decision to give more money...
Swiss Army Loses Its Bearings
Should Switzerland maintain a small professional army, or continue to expect all male citizens to serve? Politicians disagree over possible...
Swiss Arms Industry Demands More Ammunition
The Swiss defence industry says restrictive export laws introduced two years ago have put it at a disadvantage compared to...
Replacement of Swiss Fighter Jets Postponed
The Swiss government has delayed the partial replacement of the army’s Tiger fighter jets for financial reasons, the Federal Chancellery...
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