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'''FIGURE 8. This section of the city (Staden Mellaan Broarna) has many multistory buildings and numerous steeples. The street network, foreground, is one of numerous networks connecting the northern and southern parts of the city. (U/OU)''' (photo)

'''FIGURE 9. South Coastal Strategic Area (C)''' (map)

Lulea (population about 65,000) is an important iron and steel center in northern Sweden and a major port on the Gulf of Bothnia for shipment of iron ore from Kiruna. Refined petroleum products storage facilities have a capacity of about 185,000 barrels. Nearby is a permanently surfaced military airfield.

Boden (population about 30,000) is an important railroad center in northern Sweden, an army district headquarters, the center of the most heavily fortified defense zone in Sweden, and the site of extensive underground installations.

Kalmar (population about 32,000) is an important commercial center on the Baltic Sea coast of southern Sweden and a major port. Industrial installations produce fertilizer, railroad rolling stock, pulp, paper, other wood products, glass, and ceramics; there are also shipbuilding and repair facilities. Nearby is a permanently surfaced military airfield.

D. Internal routes (C)

The internal routes (Figure 10) are the easiest avenues of movement between the land approaches and the strategic areas and between the strategic areas. The amphibious landing areas are adjacent to the South Coastal strategic area. Within the internal routes, the established transportation lines have low logistic capabilities and are vulnerable to interdiction. The roads are in poor to good condition and have concrete, bituminous, bituminous-treated stone

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