Politics

Switzerland joins European Sky Shield Initiative in spite of neutrality concerns

 20.10.2024, 17:10
Oerlikon 35 mm twin cannon, a 1950s Swiss-designed antiaircraft system still in use by Switzerland’s air defense forces. Archive image, 1979. Photo: Comet Photo AG (Zürich) ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv/ CC BY-SA 4.0
Oerlikon 35 mm twin cannon, a 1950s Swiss-designed antiaircraft system still in use by Switzerland’s air defense forces. Archive image, 1979. Photo: Comet Photo AG (Zürich) ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv/ CC BY-SA 4.0

Detractors said it would run counter to long-standing Swiss neutrality policy.