Incidenter på svenskt sjöterritorium
En analys av de åtgärder som vidtagits vid incidenter orsakade av Öst- respektive Västblocken under 1960-talet
IncidentsViolationsTerritorial watersIKFN-regulationAccess regulationDeterrence and reassuranceIntegration and screeningIncidenterKränkningarSjöterritoriumIKFN-FörordningenTillträdesförordningen
Sweden has long been nonaligned in peace with the aim to remain neutral in the event of an outbreak of war. Building confidence for this neutrality was important for Sweden during the Cold War. This placed high demands on the Swedish Navy to detect and repel violations of Swedish territorial waters. The archives, which contain the secret reports on the violations that occurred during the 1960s, have recently been opened up.The purpose of this essay is to study how the incidents that took place in Swedish territorial waters in the 1960s were managed and to examine if the handling of them was different depending on whether they were caused by the east or west side. Furthermore, the aim is also to try to categorize and interpret these measures from the two pairs of concepts of deterrence and reassurance and integration and screening.In making it possible to answer the questions, all the reports - 66 altogether - which refers to the incidents which occurred during the years 1962 through 1969, have been studied. Then the measures taken have been classified in order to be able to make a statement. Finally, these measures have been interpreted and categorized under each pair of concepts by using an analytical model.The study has shown that. East accounted for 62 % of all 66 incidents. The most exercised approach turned out to be no action at all. The results also show that there were differences in how to handle violations based on blocks belonging. The most obvious example is where no action at all took place and where it differed as much as 11 percent units between the blocks, depending on whether the incident was caused by east-or west. Furthermore, measures have been interpreted and categorized under the respective concepts.The main conclusions that could be drawn from the material studied is that there are differences in the management of incidents and that the most part of the measures taken against East could be categorized as reassurance.