Sweden, meanwhile, remains on the outside looking in, as Turkey and Hungary have not moved to approve its membership.
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Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson made public comments today effectively blessing Finland getting into NATO without Sweden by its side, saying “it’s not out of the question that Sweden and Finland will be ratified in different stages.”
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Iran has consistently supplied Russia with Shahed-136 loitering munitions for strike missions but a recent UK intelligence update indicated that there have not been any reports of “one way attack” UAV’s being used in Ukraine since February 15.
By Tim Martin
Patria Group’s CEO, Esa Rautalinko suggested the UAF were using more than 5,000 artillery rounds every day during the conflict — a figure which is more than the annual procurement of some European nations, he claimed.
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“It is in your power at Ramstein today not to bargain about numbers of tanks but to open a principle supply that will stop Russian evil,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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The news comes just a few days after prime contractor Lockheed Martin reached an agreement with the government on a $30 billion contract for hundreds more F-35s.
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Finland plans on increasing its Stinger stockpile in order to “bolster” land and air defense capabilities along Europe’s northern flank, supporting the US European Command’s “top priorities” in the process, according to the State Department.
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European nations are willing to spend “money to modernize their equipment and replenish their stocks, but also money to train their forces,” said Lt. Gen. John Kolasheski.
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“I think we heard some discussion that, ‘Norway can do navy and Finland does army’ — that’s way too simple. It’s more complicated than that,” said Norwegian defense minister Bjørn Arild Gram.
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The plan fits into a broader vision, laid out in recent weeks by German chancellor Olaf Scholz, of a united air defense front throughout Europe.
By Christina Mackenzie
With Sweden and Finland NATO-bound and Denmark loosening defense restrictions, the Nordic nations “get more places to play, to develop a defense policy,” Morten Bødskov said while visiting Washington.
By Aaron Mehta
“Enlarging NATO is exactly the opposite of what Putin envisioned when he ordered his tanks to invade Ukraine,” Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said ahead of the vote.
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“Finland never bought into the idea of East-West peace lasting forever following the collapse of the Soviet Union,” and now seems prescient in its defense investments, writes Robbin Laird.
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“I think [a Nordic air operations center] would be a benefit for us, and it can be a benefit for NATO,” said Maj. Gen. Rolf Folland, chief of the Royal Norwegian Air Force.
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