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Swedish Defense Industry Licenses Game Engine

Posted by Zonk on from the gaming-goes-commando dept.

Z00L00K writes "The Swedish defense industry has licensed the engine from Battlefield 2 by Digital Illusions for 4MSEK (about US $540,000). The engine will be used to develop training simulators for defense, and support of new command methods in the defense."

22 comments

  1. and when you finish... by Bin_jammin · · Score: 5, Funny

    each mission, you get to save the princess

  2. Swedish Defense? by Zoshnell · · Score: 3, Funny

    Not to rag on Sweden, they have some fine looking women, good chocolate, and make a helluva meatball, but what are they preparing to defend against?

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    1. Re:Swedish Defense? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

      Uhm, what about that gigantic monstrosity of a neighbor, Russia?

    2. Re:Swedish Defense? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      The US Army?

    3. Re:Swedish Defense? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

      Actually Sweden and Russia aren't really neighbours at all. There's this little country called Finland between them (and in the north both Finland and Norway)

    4. Re:Swedish Defense? by Leffe · · Score: 1

      The military's only function is keeping dangerous people off the streets, if they have more toys to play with they are more likely to stay.

    5. Re:Swedish Defense? by lastninja · · Score: 1

      Well it appears that Sweden is going to cut down/restructure the defense to counter terrorism and provide their part to the new EU army. At least that is my interpretation of the new defence proposition. And I think you have the chocolate confused with Switzerland (though i think Belgium is the new chocolate county of Europe). It was only a couple of years ago that Swedish chocolate was not allowed to be called chocolate in the EU because of the low cocoa percentage.

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    6. Re:Swedish Defense? by I+judge+you · · Score: 5, Funny
      Not to rag on Sweden, they have some fine looking women, good chocolate, and make a helluva meatball, but what are they preparing to defend against?

      To defend against invaders coming for the women, chocolate, and meatballs.

      Duh.

    7. Re:Swedish Defense? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative
      The short story is that Sweden is not, and has never been, a member of NATO or any other pact. This has meant a few things:

      1. They need a big whopping army, since they don't have any pact countries to rely on.

      2. Since they're not in a pact, their army needs no offensive capability. It is purely geared for defence.

      3. Since they're not in a pact, they've managed to avoid getting dragged into a war for nearly 200 years.

      Traditionally their biggest worry was the USSR. Nowadays it mostly seems to be figuring out what to do with their army :-)

    8. Re:Swedish Defense? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Actually when there is only a short boat-trip across the Baltic Ocean, I think it is safe to say that they are neighbors.

    9. Re:Swedish Defense? by accelleron · · Score: 1

      it's not the chocolate that matters, man... IT'S THE CHICKS!

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    10. Re:Swedish Defense? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Defend against? A few scenarios for you...

      Iran starts lobbing nukes at EU countries.

      China takes Russia, and then there is another belligerent superpower on Sweden's doorstep.

      Or perhaps most realistically... Russia itself turns nasty again.

      You are right to comment that all of these scenarios are more than a decade away right now. That is why the Swedish military is smart to do what they are doing: They are basically throwing away most of the technologies in their current inventory, and using the next few years to develop and test really cutting-edge stuff. The thinking is, there is no point in wasting money to support the current generation of equipment, since it is vanishingly unlikely to be needed during its lifetime anyway. Makes pretty good economic sense.

      So I have heard, anyway.

    11. Re:Swedish Defense? by Chess_the_cat · · Score: 1

      A neighbour is someone who lives in your neighbourhood. Not someone immediately adjacent to you.

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  3. And when you step on a landmine... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Field engineer goes BORK BORK BORK

  4. And what a princess by lastninja · · Score: 3, Informative

    Worth saving.

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  5. how else by pizza_milkshake · · Score: 3, Funny

    can you keep your 3d military models in shape?

    1. Re:how else by accelleron · · Score: 1

      yes. You do it by pouring Belgian chocolate on the Swedish women.

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  6. lan party, military style! by lublu · · Score: 1

    I for one am going to wait for the first lan party, er lan war between Us Army and Swedish military. I wonder which is going to be better American Army or Battelfield 1942.

    Real war is so old school and out of date anyways.

    I've just had an idea - fraggin defence contractor!

    And if you are going that far, mind as well build the real matrix.

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  7. Great, this'll be realistic by Enlarge+Your+Penis · · Score: 2, Funny

    Have the Swedish army medics worked out how to respawn dead soldiers then?

    1. Re:Great, this'll be realistic by djdavetrouble · · Score: 1

      Have the Swedish army medics worked out how to respawn dead soldiers then?

      who modded that down?? That was pretty fraggin funny !

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