The Swedish military will also contribute one of its ASC 890 surveillance aircraft, made by Saab, and the country’s coast guard will deploy four ships.

NATO announced a new mission on Tuesday to better protect critical undersea infrastructure in the Baltic Sea, like energy and communication cables, with significantly more ships, aircraft and drones.

Sweden's government says the country will contribute up to three warships to a NATO effort to increase the alliance’s presence in the Baltic Sea as it tries to guard against sabotage of underwater infrastructure.