WHALE OF A TIME

Despite the big advance in technology in recent decades, laughable mistakes can still be made. For several months, the Swedish Navy had been convinced that foreign submarines were operating in Swedish waters. Despite a strongly worded speech by the Foreign Minister at a United Nations Conference, no government would admit to using submarines in Swedish territorial seas. Incensed, the Vice Admiral decided enough was enough and launched a massive naval operation to uncover the offenders. After weeks of extensive searching filled with long days spent tracking sound waves around the Baltic Sea, it was concluded that the culprits are not submarines but a school of whales that had taken a liking to the area. Even so, the Vice Admiral is still convinced that foreign vessels had been violating Swedish waters.