Finland buying a million landmines
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The move follows Finland's withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel landmines.

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Around 100 million euros is earmarked for the acquisitions.

Preparations for the purchase began after Finland’s withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention took effect in January, Colonel Riku Mikkonen of the Army Command told Finnish news agency STT. He said there are around half a dozen companies in the country able to make mines.

Finland reintroduced landmines due to the worsening security environment. Ahead of the decision, Prime Minister Petteri Orpo called Russia a long-term threat to Finnish and European security.

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  • GardenGeek@europe.pubEnglish
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    2 days ago

    From a tactical perspective it is comforting to be able to write off that area as protected from a (in this case) tank advance

    It’s not even the case that you can simply mark a mined area as “secured.” After all, defensive measures must always be kept under your own surveillance or within your own area of control so that the enemy cannot clear them. A minefield, a tank barrier, or a barbed-wire entanglement without protection against clearance won’t hold up any army for long.

    I think we’re on the same page.

    • KeenFlame@feddit.nuEnglish
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      22 hours ago

      That’s just an argument against mines, I was more inquiring about when you would them to remain indefinitely

      • GardenGeek@europe.pubEnglish
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        20 hours ago

        I don’t know if there’s any case where you’d want them to remain active indefinetly. Only case that comes to my mind are permanent no-acess zones like the DMZ between North and South Korea.