'The Finnish Army and land forces will constitute the backbone of allied land forces in northern Europe,' academic Matti Pesu told Newsweek.
than Germany and France combined—and the use of highly skilled small units to wreak havoc on a much larger invading force.Newsweek
Among its thousands of additional armored vehicles are more than 100 Swedish-made CV-90 infantry fighting vehicles, which are also being sent to Ukraine and are considered among the most potent IFVs in the world. Finland's F/A-18s will begin to be replaced with 64 American F-35 fifth-generation fighters in 2026, with the full delivery planned to be completed by 2030. Finland's Lapland region also now offers NATO Europe's largest training area for air combat.
"It's heavily focused on the immediate borders and on the archipelago," Pesu said of Finland's navy."But still, it's well equipped for the northern part of the Baltic Sea." Politicians in Helsinki—where this weekend brought a change of power after Prime Minister Sanna Marin's electoral defeat by conservative challenger Petteri Orpo—will need to decide what they want from the new alliance.
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