The Finnish Defense Forces are to send letters to all 900,000 of the country’s reservists at the beginning of this month, informing them what their role would be in a “crisis situation”, in a move that some analysts have dismissed as a stunt by the military, designed to influence the political debate and secure higher defense spending.
Finland, with its population of 5.2 million, has a small professional army of 16,000. Yet in the event of mobilization, Finland could call on its former conscripts to fight. Finland’s wartime military strength is 230,000.
According to local media reports, the decision was announced via …read more
Source: Newsweek
