Tag: defense policy
The Swedes quickly developed a new weapon: with the invention you can control a swarm of a hundred drones | News
The Swedish public broadcasting company SVT tells about the secret drone project of the Swedish Armed Forces and Saab. The Swedish Armed Forces, together with the Ministry of Defense and…
Kristersson: Sweden is not at war, but not at peace either | News in brief
In Sweden, the country’s prime minister Ulf Kristersson has opened the annual Sälen security conference with his speech on Sunday, reports the Swedish public radio SVT. In his opening speech,…
SVT: Sweden is preparing to participate in the NATO operation to protect cables in the Baltic Sea | News in brief
According to SVT’s information, NATO has started the phase of assembling the forces, in which it is determined which units the Baltic Sea allies can send to the operation. 8.1.…
FT: Trump wants a reasonable increase in NATO countries’ defense spending | News in brief
According to The Financial Times, Donald Trump has communicated to his European allies that he wants a defense budget target of 5 percent of GDP. Donald Trump’s The closest allies…
The meeting of heads of defense cooperation JEF countries starts in Tallinn | News in brief
Stubb represents Finland at the meeting of the cooperation group of ten countries. The meeting of heads of defense cooperation JEF countries starts today in Tallinn. Finland is represented at…
Finland offers a base for NATO’s large reconnaissance drones | Policy
Large unmanned reconnaissance aircraft need a landing place in the north. 15:56•Updated 16:15 Finland is interested in having a base from which NATO’s large, unmanned reconnaissance drones could operate. The…
Sweden increases its armed forces | News in brief
The ministers responsible for defense presented the defense budget for the next five years. 14:44•Updated 16:02 Sweden plans to increase the number of personnel in its armed forces to 130,000…
NATO’s nuclear weapons exercise begins – this is what we know about Finland’s role | Policy
Finland is practicing using a nuclear weapon for the first time in the NATO military exercise starting tomorrow. Aircraft from eight air bases are involved in the exercise, but NATO…
Analysis: What if Finland gave Ukraine a bilateral security guarantee in accordance with the fifth article of NATO? | Foreign countries
There are different models for helping Ukraine join NATO. President Alexander Stubb presents the bilateral security guarantees of Western countries and Ukraine. Hannele MuiluEU correspondent BRUSSELS President By Alexander Stubb…