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C. Sweden borders Norway to the west and north, Finland to the east, and is connected to Denmark to the southwest by a bridge and tunnel. The kings of Sweden also ruled Norway from 1814 until 1905. Norway was one of the first 12 member nations when NATO was formed in 1949 to counter the Soviet Union. Sweden is the 32nd nation to join.
B. Last week, Hungary’s parliament voted to accept Sweden’s bid to join NATO and Sweden agreed to sell Hungary some of its advanced fighter jets. It was the last hurdle to Sweden’s membership. Turkey had also stood in the way of Sweden until they reconciled their differences and the United States agreed to sell Turkey F-16 fighter jets.
A. The nine nations bordering the Baltic Sea include Russia and eight NATO members – Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. Russia’s second-largest city, Saint Petersburg, is on a river flowing into the eastern end of the Baltic.
B. France developed and controls its own nuclear arsenal. But, it is not nearly as large as the United States or Russia.