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Finland to Start Acquiring Landmines, Training Troops
Finland is to start measures to get hold of anti-personnel landmines and begin training its troops, including conscripts and reservists, to use them, its military announced on Jan. 14. The move follows the country’s withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention that bans the explosive devices. The withdrawal took effect on Jan. 10. “The goal is to have the first new mines and their exercise equipment available in the course of 2027,” the country’s Defen…
The Straits Times
InternazionaleFinland to acquire anti-personnel landmines and start training staff
HELSINKI, Jan 14 - Finland's military will initiate the acquisition of anti-personnel landmines and start training staff, conscripts and reservists to use them later this year, it said on Wednesday, after the country's withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention that bans their usage took effect on January 10. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Anti-personnel mine training and production preparation will begin immediately.
Defence Forces to move for acquiring anti-personnel landmines
The Finnish Defence Forces will start measures for acquiring anti-personnel landmines and providing the Defence Forces personnel, conscripts and reservists with anti-personnel landmine training, said an official press release on Wednesday. The Defence Forces took the moves after Finland´s withdrawal from landmine ban treaty. Finlands withdrawal from the Ottawa Anti-Personnel Landmines (APL) Convention took effect on 10 January. The withdrawal a…
Training for Finnish forces is scheduled to begin this spring. The exception is professional soldiers, who are expected to begin training soon. The domestic arms industry is also expected to be involved in military supplies. Negotiations with companies regarding the development and production of new anti-personnel mines are expected to begin in the first part of the year.
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