US EditionFinland and Lithuania set to produce anti-personnel mines, officials say
FINLAND AND LITHUANIA, JUL 9 – Finland and Lithuania will start producing anti-personnel mines in 2026 after treaty withdrawal to enhance defense and support Ukraine, with Lithuania investing hundreds of millions of euros.
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Anti-personnel mines are a terrible weapon that harms civilians, children and adults indiscriminately. Yet we should allow them into Sweden's arsenal again. THE COLUMN. Aron Lund is a freelance columnist on DN's editorial page, a Middle East analyst affiliated with, among others, the Swedish Institute for Foreign Policy, and works in his daily life at the Swedish National Defense Research Institute.
Like Estonia, Latvia and Poland, countries have announced their withdrawal from the landmine treaty.
Finland and Lithuania set to produce anti-personnel mines, officials say
Lithuania and Finland look set to start domestic production of anti-personnel landmines next year to supply themselves and Ukraine because of what they see as the military threat from Russia, officials from the two NATO member states told Reuters.
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Anti-personnel mines are returning to strength, particularly on the battlefields in Europe.
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