Finland’s Nordic neighbour Sweden, on the brink of joining NATO, signed a similar deal last week.

NATO’s newest member, Finland, has announced it will sign a bilateral defence cooperation agreement next week with the United States.

The deal will allow Washington to station troops and store weapons inside the Nordic country, which shares a sprawling border with Russia.

Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen told a news conference in Helsinki on Thursday that Defense Minister Antti Häkkänen will sign the so-called Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA) on Monday.

  • intensely_human@lemm.eeEnglish
    82·
    11 months ago

    The best way to prevent war is to have extremely deadly force on display, with the implicit promise of punishment to anyone who attacks.

    • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      63·
      11 months ago

      Remind lemmy next time someone is bitching about US defense spending.

      Yes, we could do shitloads better, but the most expensive thing on planet Earth is a 2nd rate military.

        • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
          21·
          11 months ago

          The most expensive thing on the planet is a second-rate military. Think on that.

        • intensely_human@lemm.eeEnglish
          01·
          11 months ago

          They benefit from the nuclear standoff. Just like unarmed people in a room with a few armed guys. Nobody’s beating anyone else up in that room.

    • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

      We should give a whole bunch of nukes to them also Ukraine also Poland. Just like so many and with ways to deliver them. Then Biden should take selfies with the nukes in storage there and have them emailed to Putin while Biden eats an ice cream cone.