Sweden (Atomic Dreams)

Sweden is just across from the Iron Curtain, and one of the only Nuclear Capable nations so close to the USSR that is not with in the USSR"s sphere of influence. As such the Soviets are deeply concerned as the state is capable of hitting Moscow quickly, though the Soviets are equally capable of wiping Sweden off the map. The US's decision to sell such weapons to Sweden heightened tensions between it and the Soviet Union and the US has since discontinued providing such arms, though this has effected Sweden little as it now produces it's own Plutonium warheads.
== Timeline ==
* 1945: Atomic Commission is established.
* 1947: AB Atomenergi is established by the government and a little less then half owned by private holders. The company is tasked with providing Nuclear Energy to the Swedish people.
* 1954: At the Royal Institute of Technology the R1 Nuclear Reactor goes into operation. Sweden purchases Nuclear Weapons from the United States of America.
* 1955: First drafts for a Swedish built Nuclear Warhead are completed.
* 1956: The Swedish government invests in Nuclear Energy based on the 'Swedish Line' as recommended in a government report.
* 1958: L-Program (Nuclear Explosives Research) is approved.
* 1964: Due to tension the USA discontinues the sell of Nuclear Weapons to Sweden's armed forces. Sweden however has by this point obtained the capacity to construct Plutonium warheads based on drafts from 1955 and thanks to the approval of the L-Program.
* 2000: Sweden begins focus on Ballistic Defense with a revisited and revised version of 1958's S-Program (defense research) which is heightened by progress made in the L-Program.
== Key Differences ==
* Sweden did purchase Nuclear weapons from the USA.
* Constitutional Reform did not occur in 1975, thus the King retains a nominal amount of power.
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