Finland's defence budget for 2022 equals approximately €5.8 billion. The voluntary overseas service is highly popular and troops serve around the world in UN, NATO and EU missions. With an arsenal of 700 howitzers, 700 heavy mortars and 100 multiple rocket launchers, Finland has the largest artillery capability in western Europe.
Homeland defence willingness against a superior enemy is at 76%, one of the highest rates in Europe
The Finnish military doctrine is based on the concept of total defence. The term total means that all sectors of the government and economy are involved in the defence planning. In principle, each ministry has the responsibility for planning its operations during a crisis. There are no special emergency authorities, such as the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) or Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations. Instead, each authority regularly trains for crises and has been allocated a combination of normal and emergency powers it needs to keep functioning in any conceivable situation. In a war, all resources of society may be diverted to ensure the survival of the nation. The legal basis for such measures is found in the Readiness Act and in the State of Defence Act, which would come into force through a presidential decision verified by parliament in the case of a crisis
Because Russia always did so well when they took on Finland.
These Russians would be better served by just keeping their mouths shut, and showing the world their actions.
...and the Fins will welcome Ivan with open arms. Heard that one before.
Finland should immediately seize the land taken from them after the winter war.
We are treating a massively armed world power as if they were some tinpot dictatorship. It’s as if the America haters have found a way to destroy both their boogie man ‘Putin’ and their most hated nation ‘the USA all in one program. Who would want to destroy both the USA and Putin? The Soros funded left is who.
The ghost of Simo Haya laughs.
Since they’re doing really good in Ukraine, they can focus on other countries.
The Russians attack you when you’re not in NATO and they threaten to attack you when you are in NATO.
I see a pattern.
Note: I am not for NATO expansion. I think the EU should have it's own military force and tell America to sod off, only after paying us back trillions for the defense we have provided them since WWII.
2 questions:
1) Why is there still a nato?
2) Why is the United States still honoring a treaty that the other participants refuse to live up to?
Thanks to Russian aggression NATO countries are rapidly expanding their militaries
Putin is playing 5d chess with tiddlywinks
Russia attacks Finland in 1939. Finland cedes 9% of its territory to Russia.
Fast forward: Russia attacks and conquers Crimea. Russia attacks Ukraine.
Finland, reading the present and the past, applies for NATO membership. Russia makes military threats.
Russian trolls on FR: Russia is the offended party.
Sigh...
Finland is gamboling bigtime.
I get why they are doing it. Their trading partners in the Baltic are facing destruction. But Russia has had a clear policy that Finland can not be allowed to align with anyone other than her.
Many don’t want the United States to become involved in the Russia-Ukraine war. Haven’t said that, that doesn’t mean that we can’t decide who we wish to win.
It amazes me that so many here wish the Russians to succeed. Why? Just why?
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: “The expansion of Nato and the approach of the alliance to our borders... "
Hey Russia, what did you think was going to happen when you made your neighbors less safe and secure?
Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 in reverse.
Oh please Vlad! You think Ukraine’s bad, wait till you see what Finland does to you.
Keep on teaching other nations “lessons” and you won’t have any military left at all.
Well I would be a little more believing of what the Russians are saying right now because they just laid out a case for the West engaging in biological warfare which would mean they could respond with anything
a TWO front war??? please...