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Old 15th Apr 2020, 17:43
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Asturias56
 
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I don't (if you're asking me) but I occasionally have worked in Helsinki. The Finns normally get quite a good bang for their buck on military hardware within a limited budget but they do have some very specific and (by NATO standards) different challenges.

Historically they've always seemed to have based their strategy on just being a tough mouthful to chew - they know that they could never beat the Russians but they could give them a serious headache.

For combat aircraft the cost/dispersal/range/numbers/threat is so different to other countries its hard to make a meaningful comment IMHO
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