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The Finnish Defence Forces consist of the Finnish Army, the Finnish Navy, and the Finnish Air Force. In wartime, the Finnish Border Guard becomes part of the Finnish Defence Forces. Universal male conscription is in place, under which all mentally and physically capable men serve for 165, 255, or 347 days, from the year they turn 18 until the ...
FINCENT was established in 1969 as the United Nations Training Centre (Finnish: YK-Koulutuskeskus) which was based in Niinisalo. In 2001 the name was changed to Finnish Defence Forces International Centre. In the 2008 re-organization the crisis management operations were handed to the Pori Brigade and the other functions were transferred to ...
Finland: Basic trainer: 0: 30: 1980: 2022: de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Canada: Liaison aircraft 0 3 1958 1971 Hunting Percival Pembroke United Kingdom: Aerial photography 0 2 1956 1968 Valmet Vihuri Finland: Training aircraft 0 51 1951 1959 Saab 17A Sweden: Target tow 0 2 1959 1961 Saab 91D Safir Sweden: Target tow 0 36 1958 1982 Valmet ...
450 Bolide missiles delivered. In December 2022 Finland ordered additional missiles for 76.6 million EUR. [58] ITO 90M (Crotale NG) France: Surface-to-air missile system: 20 [30] Short-range, mobile all-weather weapon system that holds eight VT-1 missiles at ready and is used to protect targets and troops vital to national defence. 480 missiles ...
With over 4,000 Finnish soldiers taking part, the Norway-led Nordic Response 2024 represents the NATO newcomer's largest ever participation in a foreign exercise, according to Finland's military.
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -The Finnish government is happy for Sweden to lead the establishment of NATO land forces in Finland to boost defences against neighbouring Russia, the two Nordic countries ...
Finland's ruling centre-right coalition plans to spend more on NATO membership, defence and security in 2025, while scaling back on welfare spending to tame the Nordic country's fiscal deficit, it ...
The Finnish Army (Finnish: Maavoimat [ˈmɑːˌʋoi̯mɑt], Swedish: Armén) is the land forces branch of the Finnish Defence Forces. The Finnish Army is divided into six branches: the infantry (which includes armoured units), field artillery , anti-aircraft artillery, engineers , signals , and materiel troops.