Before Finland joined, the russian military planes violated Finnish airspace dozens and dozens of times, for deceades. Increasing in last few years. They always said they were accidents, or didn't comment at all. Since Finland left the application, those "accidents" have been totally disappeared for some reason. Not a single one since then 😅
This has happened in Sweden too but over the years it hade drasticly reduced in numbers. Most of it happened during the cold war with the soviet union and the 2 airforces played abit of cat and mouse with eachother flying along the edge of the border and tested if they could sneak in. It happened even after there fall but the amount of times have steadily been going down over a long time. There are rumors however no side has confirm or deny that over the many years that Sweden actually shot down a Russian jet that couldent get away.
Half-Finnish, half-Swedish dual citizen here. Very happy to see this development of events! The two nations complement each other beautifully when it comes to capabilities. Us Swedes needs to get our scale back up again of course. I did my conscription during the last few years, when the numbers were very low. It's such a shame that I cannot share "Lumparhistorier" (conscription stories) with most of the people in my generation. Used to be a national past-time.
As a Finn, can confirm that conscription is very much supported by the majority of Finns. Serving in the army truly brings the people together and there is a strong willingness to defend our country. Everyone has the basic skills to survive in difficult conditions. You can take a group of random men and throw them into the woods and they will have a jolly time with no problems for long times, almost any random group of people can form a basic fighting unit with basic skills. We value our independence. Willingness to defend your own country against a superior enemy is at 83% which is highest in Europe. History has thought us to take care of ourselves and we value keeping things under our own control. Si vis pacem, para bellum.
Works while you remain homogeneous. And therefore working for a shared good, with common values. wink/nodge. Maybe you should do something to keep it that way!
@@MissEldira pretty silly take, turn it around, we (im swedish) have had divides between rich and poor, i assume fins have had the same. Being in a group with others of other backgrounds make you realise that we are not that different from each other. Dosent matter how rich your father is or where he was born, we all freeze the same. I believe that wide conscription increase cohesion regardless of what you start with, Swedens current conscription is probably to narrow to have any large effect to that end but I'm guessing it will be expanded on.
@@AndreasLarsson-vo3om You realize genetic competition happens on group level to. Your new buddies are not there to be friends with you, they are their to take over and displace you. This is what has happened for as long as humans have been around. The reason you and others like you do not see it that way is because harsh selection have not happened for nearly 200 years. Your new buddies on the other hand do not think they same as you do. This is not a divide between rich and poor, this is on genetic lines and those that are inwardly friendly and outwardly hostile like your new buddies are going to win in the genetic competition. Sweden will not be sweden in 50 years, look at who is already making 50% of children, that means the next generation will vote you out. You are Indonesia in 100 years or so, and they do not have those lovely ideas of friendship and everyone getting to do their own thing, you legally have to belong to the new group to hold office. That is the future of the naive country that abandoned its own people and removed itself from history permanently
@@AndreasLarsson-vo3om Yep, I agree. In my experience when conscripted we were all the same. Wearing green and having short haircuts. Your actual backround had zero meaning. Your value was based on performance and comradery within your team and unit. If you were a good guy pulling your own weight you were respected. It was kinda funny to realise how different we were once service ended and seeing everyone in civilian clothes the final day. Punk rockers, hiphoppers or suit guys and everything in between mixed up. 😁 All being buddies together and having a good time. In the army what mattered was purely based on what happened in between your ears and that is how everyone truly united. Rich, poor or anything else different in civilian world. Army is the great unifier and all irrelevant civilian BS prejudice flies out the window once you realise that working well together will make your service so much better in every single aspect.
@@MissEldira That's not how it's seen in Finland. Conscription has always been a uniting factor in Finnish society, military service is a place where young people from different backgrounds, including immigrants nowadays, meet. And it's clear that the aging nation needs skilled immigrants, it's simply statistics.
Having Finland as an ally is a great addition to NATO. My grandfather's brother served with the Swedish Voluntary Corps in Finland 1939 - 1940 and although he rarely said anything bout the war, WHEN the topic would come up, he would talk about the bravery of the Finns and ended up marrying a Finnish lady. Finland and Sweden have a lot of shared history. Finland was part of Sweden - or in other words, Sweden's Easternmost region - from around 1150 to 1809 after which it became an autonomous part of the Russian Empire .The two countries have been training together long before becoming NATO members. Great channel, I'm subscribing right away...
I where a Border Guard Jaeger and I can tell you that the border against Russia is mostly forest and bogs.. There aren't many roads at all, and it's nothing like it was in Ukraine.. They had these vast areas for tanks and other military vehicles to drive on... In Finland all roads/bridges are already prepared for explosives. That is actually a law that you must build these bridges so they are prepared to be blown to pieces... All our forest areas near where we believe the enemy could come from is also prepared. Have in mind that we have been prepared basically since 1944.. 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇺🇦🇮🇱🇸🇪🇳🇴🇩🇰🇫🇮💪🙏
I served in artillery and I'd say we have quite good view and knolledge about the routes Rusian army would use. And we have quite extensive artillery... Based on what we have seen in Ukraine, we have been prepared just for the right threaths. Their doctrire is just what we have assumed and our way of defensing is just the correct one. BTW its not a coinsidence where the reserve officer school is located. Or might be, but at least we take a good advantage of it. All army reserve officers have trained in the area what would the Russian main attacking direction. I, as an artillery reserve officer, have measured tens of positions already there. I'd say we have the coordinates for all the roads, crossroads, railways, bridges etc for all main and lesser routes they'd attack.
@@Ghettorepolainen Yeah, exactly. My AUK officer school was in Immola, just near the Karelian Border crossing. We hold an military parade because it was the date of when the Winter War ended in Finland. I had the HONOR to meet Simo "Belaja Smert /White Death" that day bdc8he and several other ww2 veterans where the guest of honor. Back then it basically only we Finns that new anything about him 😁... I also talked with him afterwards and that was/is a memory for life. He was a very small and humble man...he was impressed that I served kun the Border Guard Jaegers just like most of my relatives, even if I had lived in Sweden for basically all my life... That was always my goal to do. By the way. My cousins grandfather was Olli Remes, Mannerheim Knights cross hero number 10...he also served as a Sissi Liutennant /Captain during WW2. Well, let's see if I must come back to Finland and take up arms again. I will come and be the first in line 🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦💪🙏
You're absolutely right that Russia has their eyes on strategic Gotland which is basically an unsinkable Aircraft Carrier in the middle of the Baltic Sea and the Nation controlling it has control over the shipping lanes.Sweden is currently building up our forces there but a future NATO base or 2 might be necessary,our stealthy Subs and Gotland Class Corvettes together with our Jas 39 Gripen are patrolling these waters right now.
The US is not building bases in Finland and Sweden, but they will have access to 17 Swedish bases and 14? Finnish bases. They will be allowed to store gear there, and to have units rotating in and out for preparations and training.
@@BPD1586 Lol - if you look to have a Nordic wife - you should understand this - you are going to be moving and staying in which ever country she is from. It just is a thing, cause life there is of better quality. And well - I am such a wife - we already have home in Finland and yes that's were we are moving. It is practically a thing people do from time to time also mention like this in comments for Tube videos. Hehe - you don't have a way around that, if you marry one of us.
Well there will be no full US bases in Finland (or Sweden, as they will have the same agreement). Finland (and Sweden) will grant access to existing bases of the Finnish Defence Forces or the Finnish Border Guards. So, no new bases will be set up. If you are interested about the Defence Cooperation Agreement, I will post a link to a page where you can read the English version of it. It contains an annex where it lists all the military areas to where US will be granted access. I will post it to a comment to this so that YT will not remove it. heh, Russia has not transferred any troops to the border. So far, this has been only hot air, and only just that. In fact Russia has pulled up to 80% from the border bases and send them to Ukraine (where many units have been decimated). And they have not made any moves to replace them in Ukraine or here, at high north.
As a reservist from Finland the only dissapointment is that I had my service way too early. It would have been extremely cool to be able to train with NATO troops. I have been supporting Finland´s NATO membership since the 1990ies, so I think all of this is only a very good thing. And to get Sweden also, only more positive things. I´ve always said that if Russia would not have wanted Finland to join NATO, they should have not made it to be the last country on the Russian Western border that is not being attacked by Russia, does not have any Russian troops in it and was not in NATO. Additionally Finland is slowly (but surely) extending the mandatory service to women also. This year they are having a pilot program in a couple of the military districts, where also all women are required to attend the call-up day. Thought at the end of it, they can still opt out from service.
There was a pact made for the US to deploy at 15 Finnish bases; which isn't that much different. It's giving the US unlimited access (or unimpeded access) to those 15 bases + training grounds. We signed a similar pact in Sweden, and back in 2022 with Norway. Russia would have to build the largest naval fleet ever to even operate in the baltic sea now, as any ship in those waters will be surrounded by NATO, it forces them to have to use the north sea which has a huge border with Norway, where Himars launchers with the new Prism missiles that are replacing the ATACMS missiles, with a 500km range. couple that with the fact that the terrain in finland favors the defender to such a degree, once the US Bolsters Finland's air defenses with Patriot, THAAD and Aegis it will be nearly unassailable. It's a strategic and tactical blunder of such a degree that it will go down in history....literally making sweden who has been neutral since the goddamn rennesance era basically join the world's largest military alliance. Then we get access to all that cool tech that sweden develops I think the US should spend a large chunk of money in Finland and Sweden to bolster their manufactoring capacity which will directly help Ukraine and the Alliance. So that Sweden can build more Gripens, so that we can build more 155mm artillery and 233mm GMLRS and GLSBD for HIMARS launchers. Ukraine really should be getting the Gripen over the F-16, just due to how it can take off from dirt roads and only needs 3 enlisted and 1 officer for maintence, with their powerful pivoting AESA radars, that's the aircraft Ukraine needs to take it's skies back.
@@ExarchGaming It is the DCA what you are talking about? Easier to write DCA than "agreement" or "pact". Have you actually read it? So, there will be specifically designated areas for the US in the areas listed on the annex of the agreeement. The US will not get "full access"" to the whole areas. And it is not actually 15 bases but 15 military areas, in total. That list of 15 areas has, for example, 5 depots. I think Sweden and Finland have already had quite extensive military technology trade agreeements for a long time. Finland has not planned to purchase any new air defcen systems. Because for close range air defence Finland has a bunch of different, and deadly, ammunition based systems. On the missle side (for short range) it has ASRAD-R, Crotale and the familiar to all, Stinger. For medium range it is the NASAMS and for the long range Finland just bought the David´s Sling. But any Russian missile system anywhere close to the Finnish border will have a bad day if they start any schenanigan. Especially after Finland gets the F35. The F/A-18s have the AGM-158 JASSM now but the F35s will have the AGM-158B JASSM-ER. And the MLRS systems are going an upgrade and will get the designation M270A2 (in addition to one older Czech mapgrid clearing system).
Well Finland have a big army. Sweden has a smaller atrmy but it is very well equipped. (STRV122, Archer, CV 90 etc, and building up. Yesterday it was announced Sweden ordered 321 armoured vehiclröes from Patria.
Actually, Russia moved troops away from Finnish border when they joined NATO. You need to realize that Russian PR about how NATO is such a threat to Russia is just that, PR. Russia is not actually afraid of being attacked by NATO unless they attack a NATO member.
If you think it's only a matter of risk and not of political leverage, you truly are clueless about international politics. I have absolutely no sympathy for Russia, but objectively speaking, in its position most states would have acted the very same
There won’t be new nato bases coming rather, the DCAs allows US access to some Finnish and Swedish garrisons and forward basing of equipment. This isn’t like West Germany during Cold War where the Bunderwehr was under direct NATO command for obvious reasons.
@@hmmm9806 Do you have a source for that info? USA has equipment storages in Norway too but no troops here. I can't see any reason why the would do it differently in Finland.
@@same-asit-ever-was Of the countries located on the Baltic Sea, there is only one country that is not a NATO country, namely Russia. The other countries around the Baltic Sea are all part of NATO since March 7, 2024. They are Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, Denmark joined 1949, and Sweden. Finland joined in 2023, and Sweden joined in 2024. Norway has the Norwegian Sea off the coast, on the other side Norway borders Sweden, and Finland and on Norway's southern tip Denmark is bordered in the North Sea. Norway is thus not located on the Baltic Sea coast.
Finland = large motivated ground force that has a history of defeating Russians. Sweden = Smaller but lethal air force, motivated navy and very large defense industry. The Northern Flank is secure.
I think it should be important to note that combined Finland and sweden has a much more powerful defence industry, considering that Finland is one of the best in the world at manufacturing armoured personnel carriers, which also sweden has bought. Patria and Sisu defence
So secured on their own they joined NATO, binding themselves to article 5 for what you depict as no benefit. Yeah yeah right. And 70 Gripen is anything but a _"lethal airforce"._ I've seen actual NAFO bots less bold with their claims
MFW 70 Gripen = Lethal Airforce. + _Very motivated navy_ fielding literally 0 destroyers, frigates, and carriers. Also _very large defense industry_ that exported $350M at its latest peak in 2021. It's official, everyone is now a World class power guys.
yea we Swedes and the Fins had our share of Soviet subs and mini Subs with Spetznaz on our costal lines. during Summer of 1989 i ran in to a 5man rgp of Russian mini-sub divers in the Swedish the archipelago in the northern part of the archipelago outside Stockholm.
In Sweden we have AT-mines. In Australia you have AT-nature. I would not want to invade even with 10000 Gripen and 500000 CV90. How can you feel safe?!
This week, Russia once again tested the reaction time of the German air force by sending unmarked aircraft towards German airspace. An alert squadron was then launched and the Russians were escorted back into their own airspace. These small provocations are repeated time and again in all countries bordering the Baltic Sea.
I heard a former Swedish Air Force fighter pilot explaining the importance of the island of Gotland: “It’s like the biggest aircraft carrier in the world just laying there strategically for us to use”
Having American bases in Finland would be a good thing. We Finns need to learn how to be social and how to small talk. Who does it better than the Americans 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸.... They would be terrified, because a Finn can be totally silent for several minutes in some social situations 😊
Jos pikku smallitalkki on kiva syy sotilastukikohdille niin juu,ei. Ajattelitko että kaikki sitten käy heittämässä lupsakkaa jerryä ja kielikylpemässä jonkun tukikohdan ulkopuolella? Vai ehkä juttelen heidän kanssaan kliffassa kahvilassa karjalan piirakkaa mutustaen? Toivottavasti oma kansallinen häpeä ei ole niin syvällä identiteetissä jotta pitäisi oikein ruveta omaksumaan jenkeiltä jotain. Kyllä amerikka levittää jo nyt aivan tarpeeksi tehokkaasti omaa hegemoonista kulttuuriaan. Ja ihan hyvällä vain❤✌🏼
The US and Sweden signed a defense cooperation agreement on December 6. The agreement grants the US access to and use of 17 Swedish facilities, including on Gotland Island. DEC 6 2023
Interesting, but but but.... why do you have Sanna Marin and Magdalena Andersson on there? They aren't the head of anything? Prime ministers of Sweden and Finland are Ulf Kristersson and Petteri Orpo.
When Russia says that they will strengthen the border against Finland with military. Let me tell you. When I was in the Finnish military they had more of everything on the Russians side. That was during the time of Soviet Union and right there after... They had more of exactly everything back then, so it's basically back to normal again... We are used to have a lot of military along our borders... Nothing to be worried about 😊
So glad to see all of us nordics united not only by nato but our very own flying vikings. I'll gladly aid any of my fellow brothers in a conflict! Hopefully this never happens though. But with finland & swedens control in the baltic + finlands border, even putin has to think twice from here on.
The big change after Sweden and Finland is that Russia have considered all Baltic Sea a part of their territory. Russia have regularly used Swedish archipelago as a practice ground for their submarines. What happened was they park a number of ships and submarines on international waters. Then they send minisubs and scuba divers inside Swedish territory to practice. This way of operating is well known for the Swedish military. But you know. Use force to defend Swedish ground and bring Russian desist military personnel or equipment to the surface is a declaration of war. And well… Swedes outside NATO wouldn’t benefit from this. Rumours say not all Russian operations have been successful in the eyes of Putin. But the cleaning up afterwards has been done in silence. So in the light of this using the new nickname Nato Sea really makes Putin mad. And all of a sudden. They lost all their practice ground in the area. Where we really need to reinforce the defence now is the Swedish west coast. This for example Gothenburg is the 2nd biggest harbours in Europe when it comes to goods volumes. And that is really in the interest of all Europe to defend.
Yes we need Nato up here but really we just want to be left alone. We are quiet,calm peoples up here and we just want peace and quiet. Nature and our own life quality. So let's not make to much noice about russia up here. No need to pour gasoline on the flames.
There are no bases coming. This permission to use is therefore only practical when thinking about exercises, for example, because previously the USA was only allowed to use ports located in southern Finland, and the last time, for example, the exercise was in the north. It's a different thing to unload a ship and transport it less than 400 km than to transport it more than 1000 km from the south of Finland. The same applies to warehouses and others, it doesn't always make sense to ship e.g. arctic goods even back, which are only needed in winter in Lapland. Just practical stuff, nothing revolutionary.
Hi from Finland, our air defense from land/sea/air is getting better there is a almost a billion dollar order including options. Waiting to be delivered from Israel,. Its called a David Sling. It is an advanced version of patriot missile / Israels Iron Dome air defense missile system,. If i remember correctly it can detect and destroy targets about 300 miles away, also integrated to that Nordic air force information net and launchers can be stationary, or on ships or trucks + one can fire a missile from fighter jet and it goes where David Sling wants it to go.
Like I said a few days ago when people where talking on a YT channel about sending troops to Ukraine. Why not just move like 500k soldiers up north to Finland and another 500k to the baltics, like Russia can't ignore that and would have to move their own closer reducing the amount they would be able to support the Ukraine war with. We can state it from the start that we are not going to invade and its only a training excercise for the logistics to move and support the equipment. Like who would lie about something like that so they would have to believe us, with some luck they panic and we have no other option than defend ourselves from their attack. We should mvoe around all NATO troops even to Alaska to make em sweat a bit, maybe a excercise in the pacific with Japan. They have been going on about NATO being this and that so like in all team sports, even without the ball you move around to make the opponent react and maybe make a mistake your team mate can use to their benefit.
US will probably not get their own bases in Finland. Finland has though granted them access to several Finnish military bases and areas, which probably are those 14 you are talking about. It is still a very important thing for Finland, that we can and we will defend our own country. Nato is just an additional deterrence and full US bases here are currentlu unlikely. Everybody here knows we are well capable to defend ourselves, but the Nato gives the nuclear umbrella and additional security.
Finland had mandatory service all the time, Sweden had a 10ish year break and are back to mandatory service. But dont forget, by law at least we Swedes are not allowed to leave the country, by law we will be forced in to the military defence if the age, health and pre-military training have been done. if you not you will be put in the civilian defence force, like firefighters, police, and other jobs. you can be moved from your privet job if Swedish gov think they need you somewhere else. and you cannot say no. you cannot say no neither of them. i heard some people complaining about Ukraine that the men cannot leave and are force to stay. Well yea, same law here. Ukraine is not the only one and i am pretty sure same is in other countries and those who complain should look what the law say in their country before any war starts.
You and Ryan Forrester (hope spelling is correct).. you two are alike, except you are in US, him in UK it would be interesting conversation with you both! And I watch! Just something to think aboutl but I enjoy your shows, hope you're successful here on out. One thing I noticed, you groom yourself I swear you had facial hair, no longer... does not limit you for viewing for YT, I just noticed that... does not deter well I watch, kind of miss the facial hair, clean shaving *thumbs up* either way.
nope, there is no plan for US/NATO troops in Finland, that is because of couple of reasons: There is no need for those and there aren't any troops to be stationed at Finland. Finland is more than capable to defend ourselfs so....
We love Sweden and Finland joyning nato, Norway as a fonding member of Nato being the defenders of the free world in the hi north for dekades. Nov we stand toghetter. Vikings. a small superpower of vikings.we are more dificult than afgan sheep farmers. you bet.Vallhall.
Hmm.. I'd say that presentation only looks at some more short term, & almost superficial changes in the region.. Which kind of makes sense, coming from a newspaper & a nation with somewhat short history & historical memory.. The more important results of Finlands & Swedens NATO accession I'd argue is, first, it allows for Finland & Swedens continuation of rebuilding their old bonds from back when they were one nation. Rebuilding those bonds strengthens both nations, both militarily & otherwise. At the same it also opens up for a considerabe strengthening of Nordic cooperation, possibly leading towads some form of Nordic union.. & possibly including the Baltic nations aswell..This is something that hasn't been a real possibility since 1523, 500 years ago..🧐 A development in that direction would have a considerable impact on politics in pretty much all shapes & forms, not only in that local area..🧐
I just looked at the first part, and no, Russia has only said that they will move troops to the Finnish border, but if you follow news from Finland, the opposite has actually occured. The Russian land bases bordering Finland are actually to a high degree emptied. There are some resources left, but very much has been moved since the start of the full sized Russian attack on Ukraine. Furthermore, it could be good to follow the news, or at least check before you make a video, if Sweden and Finland have joined Nato formally, which all people following regional Nato related news ought to know. Well, these points made me question if you actually fully know the subject you are making a video about, and hence I stopped watching your video. You probably are serious and have an at least partly relevant background, but perhaps you aren't orientated enough to make this specific video.
Kaliningrad is a problem. But now after Sweden and Finland joining Nato we have an opportunety to grab that, and Imthink that would work because now it’s nolonger a strategic property of land for russian like it was during the. Old war. Also we have seen public uprisings against russia in Kaliningrad so it makes sence. By doing that you would also solve the HUGE problem withe the Sulvaki corridor.
But who's gonna "grab" Kaliningrad? Poland doesn't want it, Lithuania doesn't want it and Germany doesn't want it. Russia actually tried to give away Kaliningrad back in the 1990s but nobody was interested in it. In theory it's possible to establish Kaliningrad as an independent microstate but it would be an economic disaster zone. In 2021, before the sanctions against Russia, Kaliningrad imported goods for 652 million USD and only exported for 218 million USD. That's an insanely big negative trade balance for such a small region.
The F-35 is absolutely garbage plane..it does not enhance our defence cababilities one bit..more like takes options away. it's over priced and also cannot be field maintained. the F-18 block III would have been way better option because we have the infrastructure inplace for it already and experience in usage..
It has been far from given that the swed-Finn alliance would join nato. Sweden has been neutral for 200 years, through both world wars. The last war was when the Swedish empire fell and Finland was lost to Russia. I think it would’ve been better if we made a Nordic alliance without US. We were just a couple of years away from having our own nuclear arsenal and we would have three blocks in the world instead of two. It’s way too bipolar now.
Russia moved forces away from the finnish border. I guess they sent them to die in Ukraine. Are they going to re-deploy again? With prisoners? I wonder if the russians are closing any prisons because lack of prisoners?
Hei. You had quit nice comments but: Why you allways mensiod USA or UK forcebases in Finland? Aren´t we talking NATO-forces, not only those you "desire"?
Sweden are going over to semi Mandatory service from basically this year, it will be gender neutral (sort of kid of). I have three daughters so.. well that will be in interesting. My oldest doughtier love running marching and guns so i guess the military service will not have to much problem convincing here.
Be warned Luk 17:26 And as it was in the days of Noach, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of A’dam. Luk 17:27 They did eat, they drank, they married women, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noach entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. Luk 17:28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built; Luk 17:29 But the same day that Lot went out of Cedom Yahuah rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. Luk 17:30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of A’dam is revealed. Luk 17:31 In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back. Luk 17:32 Remember Lot's woman. Luk 17:33 Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it. Luk 17:34 I say unto you, it shall come to pass that two shall be on a couch; one is received and the other forsaken; Luk 17:35 It shall come to pass that two shall be professing the Truth for the same; one is received and the other forsaken. Luk 17:36 It shall come to pass that two shall be in the field; one is received and the other forsaken. Luk 17:37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Adonai? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together. th-cam.com/video/9IvrcMzvLl8/w-d-xo.htmlsi=27hhC9y3IxTMtmsM
You are not a smart person, because Russia literally created 2 new military districts this year, it is literally 600,000 thousand soldiers. No one will transfer Armies from Ukraine. In Russia, unlike NATO countries, 80% of men have served and are considered to be in reserve. Therefore, Russia's mobilization resource is almost limitless. If you think that Russians can be scared, then look at the map. It seems like a military man but you live in dreams. When you put Nato bases in Finland, it will be automatically marked for nuclear strikes. Russia should not be scared by its pathetic troops who have never fired a weapon in their lives
Why should any NATO forces be deployed near the Finnish-Russian border? The border is properly guarded as it is, considering Putin's forces in the area have mostly been sent to Ukraine for cannon fodder. The Finnish Border Guards and Defence Forces are accustomed to operating in the special circumstances of this region, and they can adjust their strength as needed - but for NATO forces, there is still a lot to learn, though they are certainly most welcome to get trained in it. Vehicle-based surface-to-air systems are also welcome, but training and deployment are different things and need to be considered for the needs of each time.
Well, technically The Finnish Border Guards and Defence Forces *are* NATO forces now but I understand what you mean and agree. Norway and Denmark have been NATO members right from the start and have never had any foreign troops based on their land and I see no reason why it should be different with Finland or Sweden.
I once had a Swedish girlfriend. She always complained that I would speak English to her rather than Danish, since she believed we should understand each other just fine if we simply spoke Scandinavian. Or at least that´s what I guess she was arguing about, cause it all just sounded like "bahyra, bahyla".
@@GhettorepolainenMikäs länkkäritrolli se siinä. Nimimerkkisi on epäilyttävä sekasotku ja olet liittynyt jäseneksi youtube:n vasta 3kk sitten. Toisin kun edeltävä kommentti tuomakselta ja hän on pyörinyt täällä sen 11vuotta. 🫠✌🏼
@@reht1 epäilyttävä sekasotku on varmasti enkä tämän kaltaisiin keskusteluihin osallistu omalla nimellä, mutta pelkästään 11 vuotta youtubessa ei nyt varsinaisesti anna "Tuomakselle" kovin paljoa selkänojaa kommentoida ilman perusteluja.
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Before Finland joined, the russian military planes violated Finnish airspace dozens and dozens of times, for deceades. Increasing in last few years. They always said they were accidents, or didn't comment at all. Since Finland left the application, those "accidents" have been totally disappeared for some reason. Not a single one since then 😅
it is a game of "F*ck around and find out", also nice D.B.Cooper avatar lol
@@Yuki_Ika7 Yep, thanks mate 👍
Russians were our buddies back then ofcourse you forgive a little mistake from your friend🤣
I remember russian airspace violations about like it was every other weekend🤣
This has happened in Sweden too but over the years it hade drasticly reduced in numbers. Most of it happened during the cold war with the soviet union and the 2 airforces played abit of cat and mouse with eachother flying along the edge of the border and tested if they could sneak in. It happened even after there fall but the amount of times have steadily been going down over a long time. There are rumors however no side has confirm or deny that over the many years that Sweden actually shot down a Russian jet that couldent get away.
Half-Finnish, half-Swedish dual citizen here. Very happy to see this development of events!
The two nations complement each other beautifully when it comes to capabilities.
Us Swedes needs to get our scale back up again of course. I did my conscription during the last few years, when the numbers were very low. It's such a shame that I cannot share "Lumparhistorier" (conscription stories) with most of the people in my generation. Used to be a national past-time.
As a Finn, can confirm that conscription is very much supported by the majority of Finns. Serving in the army truly brings the people together and there is a strong willingness to defend our country. Everyone has the basic skills to survive in difficult conditions. You can take a group of random men and throw them into the woods and they will have a jolly time with no problems for long times, almost any random group of people can form a basic fighting unit with basic skills. We value our independence. Willingness to defend your own country against a superior enemy is at 83% which is highest in Europe. History has thought us to take care of ourselves and we value keeping things under our own control. Si vis pacem, para bellum.
Works while you remain homogeneous. And therefore working for a shared good, with common values. wink/nodge. Maybe you should do something to keep it that way!
@@MissEldira pretty silly take, turn it around, we (im swedish) have had divides between rich and poor, i assume fins have had the same. Being in a group with others of other backgrounds make you realise that we are not that different from each other. Dosent matter how rich your father is or where he was born, we all freeze the same. I believe that wide conscription increase cohesion regardless of what you start with, Swedens current conscription is probably to narrow to have any large effect to that end but I'm guessing it will be expanded on.
@@AndreasLarsson-vo3om You realize genetic competition happens on group level to. Your new buddies are not there to be friends with you, they are their to take over and displace you. This is what has happened for as long as humans have been around. The reason you and others like you do not see it that way is because harsh selection have not happened for nearly 200 years. Your new buddies on the other hand do not think they same as you do. This is not a divide between rich and poor, this is on genetic lines and those that are inwardly friendly and outwardly hostile like your new buddies are going to win in the genetic competition. Sweden will not be sweden in 50 years, look at who is already making 50% of children, that means the next generation will vote you out. You are Indonesia in 100 years or so, and they do not have those lovely ideas of friendship and everyone getting to do their own thing, you legally have to belong to the new group to hold office. That is the future of the naive country that abandoned its own people and removed itself from history permanently
@@AndreasLarsson-vo3om Yep, I agree. In my experience when conscripted we were all the same. Wearing green and having short haircuts. Your actual backround had zero meaning. Your value was based on performance and comradery within your team and unit. If you were a good guy pulling your own weight you were respected. It was kinda funny to realise how different we were once service ended and seeing everyone in civilian clothes the final day. Punk rockers, hiphoppers or suit guys and everything in between mixed up. 😁 All being buddies together and having a good time. In the army what mattered was purely based on what happened in between your ears and that is how everyone truly united. Rich, poor or anything else different in civilian world. Army is the great unifier and all irrelevant civilian BS prejudice flies out the window once you realise that working well together will make your service so much better in every single aspect.
@@MissEldira That's not how it's seen in Finland. Conscription has always been a uniting factor in Finnish society, military service is a place where young people from different backgrounds, including immigrants nowadays, meet. And it's clear that the aging nation needs skilled immigrants, it's simply statistics.
Having Finland as an ally is a great addition to NATO. My grandfather's brother served with the Swedish Voluntary Corps in Finland 1939 - 1940 and although he rarely said anything bout the war, WHEN the topic would come up, he would talk about the bravery of the Finns and ended up marrying a Finnish lady. Finland and Sweden have a lot of shared history. Finland was part of Sweden - or in other words, Sweden's Easternmost region - from around 1150 to 1809 after which it became an autonomous part of the Russian Empire .The two countries have been training together long before becoming NATO members. Great channel, I'm subscribing right away...
I where a Border Guard Jaeger and I can tell you that the border against Russia is mostly forest and bogs.. There aren't many roads at all, and it's nothing like it was in Ukraine.. They had these vast areas for tanks and other military vehicles to drive on... In Finland all roads/bridges are already prepared for explosives. That is actually a law that you must build these bridges so they are prepared to be blown to pieces... All our forest areas near where we believe the enemy could come from is also prepared. Have in mind that we have been prepared basically since 1944..
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I served in artillery and I'd say we have quite good view and knolledge about the routes Rusian army would use. And we have quite extensive artillery... Based on what we have seen in Ukraine, we have been prepared just for the right threaths. Their doctrire is just what we have assumed and our way of defensing is just the correct one.
BTW its not a coinsidence where the reserve officer school is located. Or might be, but at least we take a good advantage of it. All army reserve officers have trained in the area what would the Russian main attacking direction. I, as an artillery reserve officer, have measured tens of positions already there. I'd say we have the coordinates for all the roads, crossroads, railways, bridges etc for all main and lesser routes they'd attack.
Awesome information ty for sharing
@@Ghettorepolainen Yeah, exactly. My AUK officer school was in Immola, just near the Karelian Border crossing. We hold an military parade because it was the date of when the Winter War ended in Finland. I had the HONOR to meet Simo "Belaja Smert /White Death" that day bdc8he and several other ww2 veterans where the guest of honor. Back then it basically only we Finns that new anything about him 😁... I also talked with him afterwards and that was/is a memory for life. He was a very small and humble man...he was impressed that I served kun the Border Guard Jaegers just like most of my relatives, even if I had lived in Sweden for basically all my life... That was always my goal to do.
By the way. My cousins grandfather was Olli Remes, Mannerheim Knights cross hero number 10...he also served as a Sissi Liutennant /Captain during WW2.
Well, let's see if I must come back to Finland and take up arms again. I will come and be the first in line 🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦💪🙏
You're absolutely right that Russia has their eyes on strategic Gotland which is basically an unsinkable Aircraft Carrier in the middle of the Baltic Sea and the Nation controlling it has control over the shipping lanes.Sweden is currently building up our forces there but a future NATO base or 2 might be necessary,our stealthy Subs and Gotland Class Corvettes together with our Jas 39 Gripen are patrolling these waters right now.
The US is not building bases in Finland and Sweden, but they will have access to 17 Swedish bases and 14? Finnish bases. They will be allowed to store gear there, and to have units rotating in and out for preparations and training.
I'm volunteering for a deployment to Sweden...and I'm bringing home a Swedish wife and gonna eat smoked herring for the rest of my life.
@@BPD1586 Lol - if you look to have a Nordic wife - you should understand this - you are going to be moving and staying in which ever country she is from. It just is a thing, cause life there is of better quality. And well - I am such a wife - we already have home in Finland and yes that's were we are moving. It is practically a thing people do from time to time also mention like this in comments for Tube videos. Hehe - you don't have a way around that, if you marry one of us.
Well there will be no full US bases in Finland (or Sweden, as they will have the same agreement).
Finland (and Sweden) will grant access to existing bases of the Finnish Defence Forces or the Finnish Border Guards.
So, no new bases will be set up.
If you are interested about the Defence Cooperation Agreement, I will post a link to a page where you can read the English version of it. It contains an annex where it lists all the military areas to where US will be granted access. I will post it to a comment to this so that YT will not remove it.
heh, Russia has not transferred any troops to the border. So far, this has been only hot air, and only just that. In fact Russia has pulled up to 80% from the border bases and send them to Ukraine (where many units have been decimated). And they have not made any moves to replace them in Ukraine or here, at high north.
As a reservist from Finland the only dissapointment is that I had my service way too early. It would have been extremely cool to be able to train with NATO troops. I have been supporting Finland´s NATO membership since the 1990ies, so I think all of this is only a very good thing. And to get Sweden also, only more positive things.
I´ve always said that if Russia would not have wanted Finland to join NATO, they should have not made it to be the last country on the Russian Western border that is not being attacked by Russia, does not have any Russian troops in it and was not in NATO.
Additionally Finland is slowly (but surely) extending the mandatory service to women also. This year they are having a pilot program in a couple of the military districts, where also all women are required to attend the call-up day.
Thought at the end of it, they can still opt out from service.
There was a pact made for the US to deploy at 15 Finnish bases; which isn't that much different. It's giving the US unlimited access (or unimpeded access) to those 15 bases + training grounds.
We signed a similar pact in Sweden, and back in 2022 with Norway. Russia would have to build the largest naval fleet ever to even operate in the baltic sea now, as any ship in those waters will be surrounded by NATO, it forces them to have to use the north sea which has a huge border with Norway, where Himars launchers with the new Prism missiles that are replacing the ATACMS missiles, with a 500km range.
couple that with the fact that the terrain in finland favors the defender to such a degree, once the US Bolsters Finland's air defenses with Patriot, THAAD and Aegis it will be nearly unassailable.
It's a strategic and tactical blunder of such a degree that it will go down in history....literally making sweden who has been neutral since the goddamn rennesance era basically join the world's largest military alliance.
Then we get access to all that cool tech that sweden develops I think the US should spend a large chunk of money in Finland and Sweden to bolster their manufactoring capacity which will directly help Ukraine and the Alliance. So that Sweden can build more Gripens, so that we can build more 155mm artillery and 233mm GMLRS and GLSBD for HIMARS launchers.
Ukraine really should be getting the Gripen over the F-16, just due to how it can take off from dirt roads and only needs 3 enlisted and 1 officer for maintence, with their powerful pivoting AESA radars, that's the aircraft Ukraine needs to take it's skies back.
@@ExarchGaming It is the DCA what you are talking about? Easier to write DCA than "agreement" or "pact". Have you actually read it? So, there will be specifically designated areas for the US in the areas listed on the annex of the agreeement. The US will not get "full access"" to the whole areas. And it is not actually 15 bases but 15 military areas, in total. That list of 15 areas has, for example, 5 depots.
I think Sweden and Finland have already had quite extensive military technology trade agreeements for a long time.
Finland has not planned to purchase any new air defcen systems. Because for close range air defence Finland has a bunch of different, and deadly, ammunition based systems. On the missle side (for short range) it has ASRAD-R, Crotale and the familiar to all, Stinger. For medium range it is the NASAMS and for the long range Finland just bought the David´s Sling.
But any Russian missile system anywhere close to the Finnish border will have a bad day if they start any schenanigan. Especially after Finland gets the F35. The F/A-18s have the AGM-158 JASSM now but the F35s will have the AGM-158B JASSM-ER. And the MLRS systems are going an upgrade and will get the designation M270A2 (in addition to one older Czech mapgrid clearing system).
Just please dont mess with us we dont want it and you are defenitely not going to want it🤣
Well Finland have a big army. Sweden has a smaller atrmy but it is very well equipped. (STRV122, Archer, CV 90 etc, and building up. Yesterday it was announced Sweden ordered 321 armoured vehiclröes from Patria.
Actually, Russia moved troops away from Finnish border when they joined NATO.
You need to realize that Russian PR about how NATO is such a threat to Russia is just that, PR.
Russia is not actually afraid of being attacked by NATO unless they attack a NATO member.
If you think it's only a matter of risk and not of political leverage, you truly are clueless about international politics. I have absolutely no sympathy for Russia, but objectively speaking, in its position most states would have acted the very same
There won’t be new nato bases coming rather, the DCAs allows US access to some Finnish and Swedish garrisons and forward basing of equipment. This isn’t like West Germany during Cold War where the Bunderwehr was under direct NATO command for obvious reasons.
There will be US troops guarding their equipment storages though...
@@hmmm9806 maybe maybe not
@@MrSpritzmeister At least in Finland there will be.
@@hmmm9806 Do you have a source for that info? USA has equipment storages in Norway too but no troops here. I can't see any reason why the would do it differently in Finland.
To the left of Sweden is Norway who is already in NATO
Edit: They brought it up in the video 😂
Norway are one of the founding members of NATO (signed 4th April 1949)
@@same-asit-ever-was Both Norway and Denmark are among the founding NATO members.
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Of the countries located on the Baltic Sea, there is only one country that is not a NATO country, namely Russia.
The other countries around the Baltic Sea are all part of NATO since March 7, 2024. They are Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, Denmark joined 1949, and Sweden. Finland joined in 2023, and Sweden joined in 2024.
Norway has the Norwegian Sea off the coast, on the other side Norway borders Sweden, and Finland and on Norway's southern tip Denmark is bordered in the North Sea. Norway is thus not located on the Baltic Sea coast.
5:05 in north east, its only wilderness there, on both sides of the border, no need for bases.
You should look up ........Whiskey on the Rocks, stranded Uboat on Swedish coast. 😁
Finland = large motivated ground force that has a history of defeating Russians. Sweden = Smaller but lethal air force, motivated navy and very large defense industry. The Northern Flank is secure.
I think it should be important to note that combined Finland and sweden has a much more powerful defence industry, considering that Finland is one of the best in the world at manufacturing armoured personnel carriers, which also sweden has bought. Patria and Sisu defence
Your last victory was when you, being Nazis, lost together with Hitler. Are you proud?
So secured on their own they joined NATO, binding themselves to article 5 for what you depict as no benefit. Yeah yeah right. And 70 Gripen is anything but a _"lethal airforce"._ I've seen actual NAFO bots less bold with their claims
MFW 70 Gripen = Lethal Airforce. + _Very motivated navy_ fielding literally 0 destroyers, frigates, and carriers. Also _very large defense industry_ that exported $350M at its latest peak in 2021. It's official, everyone is now a World class power guys.
Gotland in sweden now seems to be ok for NATO to inforce.
Sweden has for many years been ready to assist Finland in case of a russion invasion.
yea we Swedes and the Fins had our share of Soviet subs and mini Subs with Spetznaz on our costal lines. during Summer of 1989 i ran in to a 5man rgp of Russian mini-sub divers in the Swedish the archipelago in the northern part of the archipelago outside Stockholm.
My hometown is on the list. Bottom of Botanic sea. We got deepwater harbour in Lapland. Kemi Finland🇫🇮✌️
Sweden has from NOW formally 17 US bases. Across sweden. Not all manned. (yet)
Great video, at the moment I'm fairly safe in Australia
In Sweden we have AT-mines. In Australia you have AT-nature. I would not want to invade even with 10000 Gripen and 500000 CV90. How can you feel safe?!
There's only an Aussie to claim he's feeling safe in Australia. This place is hell on earth 😂
Look how close the border is to the Murmansk naval bases.
Murmansk is 108 kilometres (67 mi) from the border with Norway and 182 kilometres (113 mi) from the border with Finland
This week, Russia once again tested the reaction time of the German air force by sending unmarked aircraft towards German airspace. An alert squadron was then launched and the Russians were escorted back into their own airspace. These small provocations are repeated time and again in all countries bordering the Baltic Sea.
Sweden and Danmark should block the Öresund strait for russia, its our waters.
I think Finland is mostly giving access to bases, not so much building new ones
The border between Finland and Russia is 1300 km long
Informative
Thanks bro for educating us
I heard a former Swedish Air Force fighter pilot explaining the importance of the island of Gotland:
“It’s like the biggest aircraft carrier in the world just laying there strategically for us to use”
US will get acces to parts of Finnish and Swedish bases, in some of them certain areas withi the bases will be only for US military personel.
9:25 - Look at all those participation medals...
Having American bases in Finland would be a good thing. We Finns need to learn how to be social and how to small talk. Who does it better than the Americans 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸.... They would be terrified, because a Finn can be totally silent for several minutes in some social situations 😊
You can teach them how to improve the chocolate in return.
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Jos pikku smallitalkki on kiva syy sotilastukikohdille niin juu,ei. Ajattelitko että kaikki sitten käy heittämässä lupsakkaa jerryä ja kielikylpemässä jonkun tukikohdan ulkopuolella? Vai ehkä juttelen heidän kanssaan kliffassa kahvilassa karjalan piirakkaa mutustaen?
Toivottavasti oma kansallinen häpeä ei ole niin syvällä identiteetissä jotta pitäisi oikein ruveta omaksumaan jenkeiltä jotain. Kyllä amerikka levittää jo nyt aivan tarpeeksi tehokkaasti omaa hegemoonista kulttuuriaan.
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@user-ep9hd9in7t I think you've watched too much youtube and doesn't go out very often...
you won't have it it was a part of the agreement
The US and Sweden signed a defense cooperation agreement on December 6.
The agreement grants the US access to and use of 17 Swedish facilities, including on Gotland Island. DEC 6 2023
Sweden and Finland have been doing military "stuff" for a long time ...and Norway! Yes little brother you 😆
Interesting, but but but.... why do you have Sanna Marin and Magdalena Andersson on there? They aren't the head of anything? Prime ministers of Sweden and Finland are Ulf Kristersson and Petteri Orpo.
When Russia says that they will strengthen the border against Finland with military. Let me tell you. When I was in the Finnish military they had more of everything on the Russians side. That was during the time of Soviet Union and right there after... They had more of exactly everything back then, so it's basically back to normal again... We are used to have a lot of military along our borders... Nothing to be worried about 😊
Sweden have worked together with NATO (us) after WWll.
OMG BABE! MORE ORIGINALHUMAN!!! COME QUICK!!
So glad to see all of us nordics united not only by nato but our very own flying vikings.
I'll gladly aid any of my fellow brothers in a conflict! Hopefully this never happens though.
But with finland & swedens control in the baltic + finlands border, even putin has to think twice from here on.
The big change after Sweden and Finland is that Russia have considered all Baltic Sea a part of their territory. Russia have regularly used Swedish archipelago as a practice ground for their submarines.
What happened was they park a number of ships and submarines on international waters. Then they send minisubs and scuba divers inside Swedish territory to practice.
This way of operating is well known for the Swedish military. But you know. Use force to defend Swedish ground and bring Russian desist military personnel or equipment to the surface is a declaration of war. And well… Swedes outside NATO wouldn’t benefit from this.
Rumours say not all Russian operations have been successful in the eyes of Putin. But the cleaning up afterwards has been done in silence.
So in the light of this using the new nickname Nato Sea really makes Putin mad. And all of a sudden. They lost all their practice ground in the area.
Where we really need to reinforce the defence now is the Swedish west coast. This for example Gothenburg is the 2nd biggest harbours in Europe when it comes to goods volumes. And that is really in the interest of all Europe to defend.
Yes we need Nato up here but really we just want to be left alone. We are quiet,calm peoples up here and we just want peace and quiet. Nature and our own life quality. So let's not make to much noice about russia up here. No need to pour gasoline on the flames.
New Pact Gives U.S. Military Access to 15 Bases in Finland
JOHN GRADY
DECEMBER 21, 2023 8:27 PM
There are no bases coming. This permission to use is therefore only practical when thinking about exercises, for example, because previously the USA was only allowed to use ports located in southern Finland, and the last time, for example, the exercise was in the north. It's a different thing to unload a ship and transport it less than 400 km than to transport it more than 1000 km from the south of Finland. The same applies to warehouses and others, it doesn't always make sense to ship e.g. arctic goods even back, which are only needed in winter in Lapland. Just practical stuff, nothing revolutionary.
Hi from Finland, our air defense from land/sea/air is getting better there is a almost a billion dollar order including options. Waiting to be delivered from Israel,.
Its called a David Sling. It is an advanced version of patriot missile / Israels Iron Dome air defense missile system,.
If i remember correctly it can detect and destroy targets about 300 miles away, also integrated to that Nordic air force information net and launchers can be stationary, or on ships or trucks + one can fire a missile from fighter jet and it goes where David Sling wants it to go.
Like I said a few days ago when people where talking on a YT channel about sending troops to Ukraine. Why not just move like 500k soldiers up north to Finland and another 500k to the baltics, like Russia can't ignore that and would have to move their own closer reducing the amount they would be able to support the Ukraine war with.
We can state it from the start that we are not going to invade and its only a training excercise for the logistics to move and support the equipment. Like who would lie about something like that so they would have to believe us, with some luck they panic and we have no other option than defend ourselves from their attack.
We should mvoe around all NATO troops even to Alaska to make em sweat a bit, maybe a excercise in the pacific with Japan.
They have been going on about NATO being this and that so like in all team sports, even without the ball you move around to make the opponent react and maybe make a mistake your team mate can use to their benefit.
It's much much more than you know
Explain to me why sweden and is locad furthest to the WEST in that piece o europe? (Besides Norway that is.
Conscription is gender neutral in Sweden.
US will probably not get their own bases in Finland. Finland has though granted them access to several Finnish military bases and areas, which probably are those 14 you are talking about. It is still a very important thing for Finland, that we can and we will defend our own country. Nato is just an additional deterrence and full US bases here are currentlu unlikely. Everybody here knows we are well capable to defend ourselves, but the Nato gives the nuclear umbrella and additional security.
Finland had mandatory service all the time, Sweden had a 10ish year break and are back to mandatory service. But dont forget, by law at least we Swedes are not allowed to leave the country, by law we will be forced in to the military defence if the age, health and pre-military training have been done. if you not you will be put in the civilian defence force, like firefighters, police, and other jobs. you can be moved from your privet job if Swedish gov think they need you somewhere else. and you cannot say no. you cannot say no neither of them.
i heard some people complaining about Ukraine that the men cannot leave and are force to stay. Well yea, same law here. Ukraine is not the only one and i am pretty sure same is in other countries and those who complain should look what the law say in their country before any war starts.
You and Ryan Forrester (hope spelling is correct).. you two are alike, except you are in US, him in UK it would be interesting conversation with you both! And I watch! Just something to think aboutl but I enjoy your shows, hope you're successful here on out. One thing I noticed, you groom yourself I swear you had facial hair, no longer... does not limit you for viewing for YT, I just noticed that... does not deter well I watch, kind of miss the facial hair, clean shaving *thumbs up* either way.
nope, there is no plan for US/NATO troops in Finland, that is because of couple of reasons: There is no need for those and there aren't any troops to be stationed at Finland. Finland is more than capable to defend ourselfs so....
We love Sweden and Finland joyning nato, Norway as a fonding member of Nato being the defenders of the free world in the hi north for dekades. Nov we stand toghetter. Vikings. a small superpower of vikings.we are more dificult than afgan sheep farmers. you bet.Vallhall.
Hmm.. I'd say that presentation only looks at some more short term, & almost superficial changes in the region.. Which kind of makes sense, coming from a newspaper & a nation with somewhat short history & historical memory.. The more important results of Finlands & Swedens NATO accession I'd argue is, first, it allows for Finland & Swedens continuation of rebuilding their old bonds from back when they were one nation. Rebuilding those bonds strengthens both nations, both militarily & otherwise. At the same it also opens up for a considerabe strengthening of Nordic cooperation, possibly leading towads some form of Nordic union.. & possibly including the Baltic nations aswell..This is something that hasn't been a real possibility since 1523, 500 years ago..🧐 A development in that direction would have a considerable impact on politics in pretty much all shapes & forms, not only in that local area..🧐
I do not think you should show your incompetence in warfare matters this openly. Back to school, read history and geography to start with.
I just looked at the first part, and no, Russia has only said that they will move troops to the Finnish border, but if you follow news from Finland, the opposite has actually occured. The Russian land bases bordering Finland are actually to a high degree emptied. There are some resources left, but very much has been moved since the start of the full sized Russian attack on Ukraine. Furthermore, it could be good to follow the news, or at least check before you make a video, if Sweden and Finland have joined Nato formally, which all people following regional Nato related news ought to know.
Well, these points made me question if you actually fully know the subject you are making a video about, and hence I stopped watching your video. You probably are serious and have an at least partly relevant background, but perhaps you aren't orientated enough to make this specific video.
I doubt Putin knew Finland and Sweden were going to join NATO.
Kaliningrad is a problem. But now after Sweden and Finland joining Nato we have an opportunety to grab that, and Imthink that would work because now it’s nolonger a strategic property of land for russian like it was during the. Old war. Also we have seen public uprisings against russia in Kaliningrad so it makes sence.
By doing that you would also solve the HUGE problem withe the Sulvaki corridor.
It’s time to grow a pair…
But who's gonna "grab" Kaliningrad? Poland doesn't want it, Lithuania doesn't want it and Germany doesn't want it. Russia actually tried to give away Kaliningrad back in the 1990s but nobody was interested in it.
In theory it's possible to establish Kaliningrad as an independent microstate but it would be an economic disaster zone. In 2021, before the sanctions against Russia, Kaliningrad imported goods for 652 million USD and only exported for 218 million USD. That's an insanely big negative trade balance for such a small region.
The F-35 is absolutely garbage plane..it does not enhance our defence cababilities one bit..more like takes options away. it's over priced and also cannot be field maintained. the F-18 block III would have been way better option because we have the infrastructure inplace for it already and experience in usage..
I can't believe that not one of the governments using this platform consulted you.
There are lots of experts in youtube comment section... 😂😂🤦♂
It has been far from given that the swed-Finn alliance would join nato. Sweden has been neutral for 200 years, through both world wars. The last war was when the Swedish empire fell and Finland was lost to Russia.
I think it would’ve been better if we made a Nordic alliance without US. We were just a couple of years away from having our own nuclear arsenal and we would have three blocks in the world instead of two. It’s way too bipolar now.
Idk if u do history stuff but u could check out something about winter war
3:42 I've heard they donr that in Sweden both navy and air force
Russia moved forces away from the finnish border. I guess they sent them to die in Ukraine. Are they going to re-deploy again? With prisoners? I wonder if the russians are closing any prisons because lack of prisoners?
Hei. You had quit nice comments but: Why you allways mensiod USA or UK forcebases in Finland? Aren´t we talking NATO-forces, not only those you "desire"?
If America is putting trillions extra into military budget it would stand to reason Russia and China has to too.
Just for the magical youtube algorithm 👍🏼
yup...i literally just said, "Comment".👍
Sweden are going over to semi Mandatory service from basically this year, it will be gender neutral (sort of kid of). I have three daughters so.. well that will be in interesting. My oldest doughtier love running marching and guns so i guess the military service will not have to much problem convincing here.
Interesting
Little krishna bramha episode please
Be warned
Luk 17:26 And as it was in the days of Noach, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of A’dam.
Luk 17:27 They did eat, they drank, they married women, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noach entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
Luk 17:28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;
Luk 17:29 But the same day that Lot went out of Cedom Yahuah rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
Luk 17:30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of A’dam is revealed.
Luk 17:31 In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.
Luk 17:32 Remember Lot's woman.
Luk 17:33 Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
Luk 17:34 I say unto you, it shall come to pass that two shall be on a couch; one is received and the other forsaken;
Luk 17:35 It shall come to pass that two shall be professing the Truth for the same; one is received and the other forsaken.
Luk 17:36 It shall come to pass that two shall be in the field; one is received and the other forsaken.
Luk 17:37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Adonai? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.
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You are not a smart person, because Russia literally created 2 new military districts this year, it is literally 600,000 thousand soldiers. No one will transfer Armies from Ukraine. In Russia, unlike NATO countries, 80% of men have served and are considered to be in reserve. Therefore, Russia's mobilization resource is almost limitless. If you think that Russians can be scared, then look at the map. It seems like a military man but you live in dreams. When you put Nato bases in Finland, it will be automatically marked for nuclear strikes. Russia should not be scared by its pathetic troops who have never fired a weapon in their lives
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Please do check your sources and read up on and validate information before doing videos, this just ends up being the opposite of informative.
Ooh, my home ❤ best place there is.
The island god forgot,
The devil rejected,
And took the Swedish armed forces to invade
I wish I had my military service when the NATO troops arrive, but I have completed my service already and is busy with life
Why should any NATO forces be deployed near the Finnish-Russian border? The border is properly guarded as it is, considering Putin's forces in the area have mostly been sent to Ukraine for cannon fodder.
The Finnish Border Guards and Defence Forces are accustomed to operating in the special circumstances of this region, and they can adjust their strength as needed - but for NATO forces, there is still a lot to learn, though they are certainly most welcome to get trained in it. Vehicle-based surface-to-air systems are also welcome, but training and deployment are different things and need to be considered for the needs of each time.
Well, technically The Finnish Border Guards and Defence Forces *are* NATO forces now but I understand what you mean and agree. Norway and Denmark have been NATO members right from the start and have never had any foreign troops based on their land and I see no reason why it should be different with Finland or Sweden.
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varför snacka engelsk prata svenka i stället så man förstår vad ni säger
svenska
I once had a Swedish girlfriend. She always complained that I would speak English to her rather than Danish, since she believed we should understand each other just fine if we simply spoke Scandinavian. Or at least that´s what I guess she was arguing about, cause it all just sounded like "bahyra, bahyla".
No Nordic country have Nato bases on their land and both Finland and Sweden have said that they won't have any Nato bases.
Norway and Denmark have/going to have bases with US troops stationed.
@@hmmm9806 Not manned ones, they have stockpiles and bases for use in case of conflict, but they are not manned by NATO personnel.
Sweden has allowed NATO troops to use 17 already established military bases so it's not like they won't hang around here.
@@MatzeMB85 Yes but they are Swedish bases and not new Nato bases.
@@kristofferhellstrom What's the difference? The important thing is what's in the bases, not who's name on it.
You should change the title of this video. There is no Finland or Sweden anymore as in countries. They are states of USA now.
How is the weather in Moscow? Enjoy the cabbage soup?
@@GhettorepolainenMikäs länkkäritrolli se siinä. Nimimerkkisi on epäilyttävä sekasotku ja olet liittynyt jäseneksi youtube:n vasta 3kk sitten. Toisin kun edeltävä kommentti tuomakselta ja hän on pyörinyt täällä sen 11vuotta. 🫠✌🏼
@@reht1 epäilyttävä sekasotku on varmasti enkä tämän kaltaisiin keskusteluihin osallistu omalla nimellä, mutta pelkästään 11 vuotta youtubessa ei nyt varsinaisesti anna "Tuomakselle" kovin paljoa selkänojaa kommentoida ilman perusteluja.
Sounds like Russian propaganda to me..
@@Ghettorepolainen emmää asu siäl ni emmää tiä kato