Epic threadjacking. By the way, in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (eh?), pasties are a regional specialty, and iron mining was the original foundation of the economy. Elsewhere in this great nation, pasties are something entirely different, and are associated with allowing entertainment establishments to comply with local laws on indecent exposure.
How the Swedes do what they do is a different story. It has much to do with national culture (Sweden is small, communitarian but not egalitarian, so everyone who matters knows everyone else who matters). They're very good at not biting off more than they can chew - they don't try to build their own engines or AAMs and take a disciplined make-or-buy approach to radars and other subsystems.
Not to mention that one of the important elements of the system was created after a major defense program failure. In 1628.