The chains all have detailed plans to follow in the event of the nation going to war.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Finnish soldiers are getting back to the basics — paper maps — to train for scenarios where GPS isn't an option. A Finnish officer ...

In wartime, the Finnish Border Guard becomes part of the Finnish Defence Forces. Universal male conscription is in place, under which all mentally and physically capable men serve for 165, 255, or 347 ...

British soldiers have joined a major Nato exercise on Finland’s snowy border with Russia, assisting Finnish troops in preparing for a potential invasion. Around 50 personnel from Edinburgh-based 3 ...

SODANKYLÄ, Finland — Among the many challenges NATO soldiers face in the harsh Arctic environment, the possibility of frozen weapons is one that risks leaving them most vulnerable. It's anything but ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Combat has changed dramatically in the 86 years since the Winter War between Finland and Russia. Lessons from the war still apply ...

Beyond, up a gentle slope, looms Russia. Finns used to drive across here to fill up on half-price gasoline. That was before ...

Finland is barely out of the treaty banning them but the country's armed forces are already training soldiers to lay anti-personnel mines, citing a threat from neighbouring Russia. Trudging through ...

KOUVOLA, Finland – Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Fort Belvoir-based 29th Infantry Division Headquarters participated in the Finnish training exercise Operation Karelian Spear Nov.

President Donald Trump, right, French President Emmanuel Macron, left, and Finland's President Alexander Stubb, attend the funeral of Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Saturday, April ...

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