Corporal Frisk

When I first got the hint that Sweden might be in some kind of talks with Naval Group about FDI, I will admit I thought it an unlikely scenario.

With Sweden making great strides in digging themselves up from the dark ages of not really having much in the way of ground-based air defences, the question was asked what is the state and future of the Finnish branch?

Long relegated to the sphere of thrillers and April Fool’s jokes – some rather good ones – the question of nuclear weapons in the Nordics have become the topic of somewhat serious discussion.

While Trump has had a tendency to chicken out from a number of his more disruptive policy decisions, he has also shown that he is ready to make unconventional decision in areas he has strong feelings about – one of which apparently is Greenland.

Venezuela is better off without Maduro in power.

The HX fighter programme was a complex operation in which the Finnish Defence Forces spent years (and significant money) to find out which fighter and assorted package offered the best combat capability for a non-NATO Finland.

Four years ago I wrote one of the posts which saw some of the most divisive feedback any of my blog posts have generated.

Following the freighter HAV Dolphin setting its course towards Vasa questions were raised about what it was doing here, and whether it really was a clandestine drone carrier working for Russia.

One of the more bizarre product unveilings took place this week as Sako has launched its new range of modern combat rifles.

Almost three years ago, back in ye olden days when Finland hadn’t even become a NATO member yet, I wrote a post about the then-commander of the Finnish Air Force having floated the thought that we might need a C-130 Hercules-sized aircraft.