2015-06-01 - - preventing and managing conflicts and wars, by protecting Sweden's freedom of action from the political, military or other types of pressure and, if required defend Sweden against incidents and armed aggression; and, protecting society and its functionality by supporting civil authorities. The main task of the Swedish Armed Forces is explicitly to maintain availability of capabilities in peace and maintain readiness for a raised alert or war. This is essential to prevent conflicts, and to protect Sweden's freedom of action against political, military or other kinds of pressure. Ultimately, it is needed to protect Sweden against an armed attack. The Armed Forces shall promote our security; protect sovereign rights and national interests on our territory, as well as in our region. The Armed Forces will assert Sweden's territorial integrity by monitoring the territory to detect and reject violations. Furthermore, the Armed Forces shall protect Swedish sovereign rights and national interests outside Swedish territory in accordance with international law. The Armed Forces should be able to monitor sea areas and airspace in the regional vicinity. In addition, the Armed Forces will assist other agencies and civil society as needed. The Armed Forces will provide this support with existing capabilities and resources. The Armed Forces will not be designed or organised for the task of providing support to civilian authorities in for the management of serious accidents and peacetime emergencies. This does not exclude, however that particular actions, such as preplanning and training can be done in order to maintain a high degree of readiness to act with the available resources. The Armed Forces should to a larger extent be able to provide support to the rest of society. Taken together, these tasks set the ambition for the capabilities of the Swedish Armed Forces. The Armed Forces should be able to perform its tasks on their own as well as together with other agencies, countries and organisations. A long-term study will be commissioned to evaluate the overall procurement of materiel and logistics, in addition to the measures taken related to the investment planning for the Armed Forces. Civil Defence Planning for the civil defence should be resumed and implemented. Civil defence should, with existing resources, initially prioritise the ability to support the Armed Forces during raised alert or war. The civil defence consists of tasks that make it possible for society to function in a situation of raised alert. Thus, civil defence is not an organisation. Its tasks are being performed by government agencies, municipal authorities, county councils, private companies and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs). The primary tasks concern the 6