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This is probably one of the most important considerations, pretty much all of Finland’s recent military hardware updates even prior to the NATO bid was sought o
by kcplate 4y ago
This is probably one of the most important considerations, pretty much all of Finland’s recent military hardware updates even prior to the NATO bid was sought out for intentional compatibility with NATO.
The Finnish as a culture are pretty pragmatic in my experience.
- jabl 4y agoGenerally since the end of the cold war NATO compatibility has been a requirement in military procurements. The only exceptions that come to mind is that in the early/mid 90'ies they bought a bunch of ex-DDR equipment at close to scrap prices, and in the mid-90'ies they bought the Buk air defence missile system from Russia (also very cheaply), AFAIU essentially to settle some outstanding debts from the cold war era bilateral trade deals.