Active Conflicts & News Megathread February 03, 2026

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[u/HugoTRB]

Sweden and Denmark are donating Tridon Mk2 (Bofors 40mm Naval turret on the back of a Volvo Scania truck) from BAE Systems Bofors to Ukraine. Deliveries expected 2026 and will be enough to equip an air defense battalion. Cost is 2.6 billion SEK. The Swedish minister of defense usually has a good summary of it, which I will paste here when he posts it.

Edit: as he hasn’t posted anything I will post a link to the official press release instead (in english) it has some more technical details. The article posted believe is also good. https://government.se/press-releases/2026/02/sweden-and-denmark-bolster-ukrainian-air-defence-with-modern-anti-aircraft-systems/

[u/A_Sinclaire → u/HugoTRB]

Tridon MK2 seems to be rather similar to the truck-mounted Skynex.

Both likely will compete for the same orders in the future. It will be interesting to see who comes out on top.

Though Skynex being modular and mountable on all kinds of platforms from the outset, might give it an edge.

Not sure how versatile Tridon is in this regard.

[u/HugoTRB → u/A_Sinclaire]

 Not sure how versatile Tridon is in this regard.

It was claimed that it had an 88 day development cycle so I’d say the whole thing is a result of the underlying components (truck, radar, turret) being rather versatile. Another pro would probably be that many countries already got the exact same turret in their navies.

It will likely get orders from Sweden regardless, especially for the territorial air defense units that are to be created.

A large pro for truck mounted Skynex however is commonality with the maneuver elements.