The F/A-18 Hornet was developed as an all-weather supersonic multirole fighter in the 1970s for the U.S. Navy before being offered for export sales. The aircraft has seen service around the world—highlighting its “all-weather” capabilities—and for the next month,
In an NZZ interview, Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen warns that Russia's aggression is directed against all of Europe. Forcing Ukraine to accept a convenient peace would be dangerous for the whole world,
Finnish Defence Minister Antti Häkkinen (NCP) hosts a meeting with his Nordic counterparts in Helsinki on Thursday. Finland is chair of the Nordic Defence Cooperation group this year, and Thursday's meeting marks its second of the year.
Finland has taken on NATO's air defence of Iceland for the first time, having previously flown alliance training sorties from the North Atlantic island.
Several undersea cables running under the surface of the Baltic Sea have been damaged in suspected sabotage incidents in recent months.
A defence spending target of 3% of GDP is more likely than the 5% aim pushed by US President Donald Trump, say members of the parliamentary Defence Committee.
Those events occurred weeks after two prior November incidents saw data cables on the Baltic seabed ruptured — one linking Finland and Germany, and another running from Lithuania to Sweden. Sabotage was suspected in both cases. NATO stepping up naval ...
General Martin Herem, former head of Estonia’s defence forces, has speculated that NATO could blockade the Baltic. However, given that this would amount to a declaration of war, NATO has opted for a less confrontational approach: surveillance.
NATO allies recently kicked off Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2022, a maritime-focused training event in the Baltic region, in tandem with Finland and Sweden, two NATO partners that are poised to...
The Central Criminal Police has not yet found evidence that Russian special services are behind severing the Finland-Estonia underwater cable. However, the incident prompted NATO to launch the Baltic Sentry mission.
Russia and China have stepped up military activity in the Arctic, while NATO states in the region are reporting more acts of sabotage on energy and communications lines. President Donald Trump has recently revived U.