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Finland quietly extends defence partnership with Israel (yle.fi)
submitted 1 week ago by [M] to c/finland@sopuli.xyz
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Good that this article got also published in English. Really shameful.

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[–] 1 point 1 week ago (1 child)

Of course we fucking did. We only want shit with kill switches and from questionable countries that can't be trusted! We want to do just about anything to feel safe from Russia other than to buy tools that would actually work when needed..

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago

    Which is doubly sad because Finland has both heavy industry and at least some electronics and IT expertise left I'd hope from Nokia. Defense equipment could be Finland's "new Nokia" (here in Estonia we used to always say we need to find Estonia's Nokia, and of course different things were often considered for that title).

    You guys already make these:

    And these:

    And these:

    And so much else.

    Sadly we're evaluating David's Sling here in Estonia too apparently. Alternatives being considered are Patriot and SAMP/T which at least is European. Unfortunately our politicians also seem to enjoy appeasing Trump and Netanyahu so it's likely to be either Patriot or David's Sling :/

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