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Commodore Jukka Anteroinen, the chief of staff of the Finnish Navy, talked with Breaking Defense at this week’s Sea Air Space symposium outside Washington.
The Finnish Ministry of Defense has informed the Israeli Ministry of Defense of its decision to procure the David’s Sling Weapon System (DSWS), an advanced air‐defense system. This is the first export sale of the David’s Sling Weapon System to a forei…
DefenceTalkWhile Finland Tuesday became a full NATO member, Sweden’s membership bid remains blocked, an “embarrassing” delay if short-lived but which could make Sweden more vulnerable and create problems within NATO if it drags on, ex…
The acquisition will deliver a “new capability for the Finnish Defence Forces to intercept targets at high altitude,” noted Finland’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) in a statement.
The Nordic country became the alliance’s 31st member on Tuesday, spurred by the war in Ukraine, in a strategic setback for President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.
Also, Finland joins NATO and China targets a U.S. chip maker.
Formal accession nearly doubles Nato border with Russia as Moscow warns it will boost its defences if necessaryFinland has become the 31st member of Nato after its foreign minister, Pekka Haavisto, signed an accession document and handed it to the US s…
The signed agreement may be bittersweet for Finnish prime minister Sanna Marin, who championed the NATO membership but on Sunday saw her party defeated in a general election that will cost her the prime minister’s chair.
The inclusion of Finland as the 31st member of NATO doubles the military alliance’s border with Russia.
Alarmed by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Finland applied to join NATO, setting aside years of military non-alignment to seek protection under the organization’s security umbrella.