Imagine if the sound of gunfire from a shooting range was audible from the Thames – or if leafy Chiswick was a military base training the UK’s top urban warfare soldiers to defend cities from foreign ...

In wartime, the Finnish Border Guard becomes part of the Finnish Defence Forces. Universal male conscription is in place, under which all mentally and physically capable men serve for 165, 255, or 347 ...

Beyond, up a gentle slope, looms Russia. Finns used to drive across here to fill up on half-price gasoline. That was before ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Finnish soldiers are getting back to the basics — paper maps — to train for scenarios where GPS isn't an option. A Finnish officer ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new NATO command center began operations in Finland on Sept. 1, situated roughly 250 kilometers (150 miles) from the Russian ...

LAPPEENRANTA, Finland (Reuters) -At a shooting range 10 miles from the Russian border, Finnish army reservist Janne Latto opened the trunk of his car and unpacked a small surveillance drone and ...

Finland is barely out of the treaty banning them but the country's armed forces are already training soldiers to lay anti-personnel mines, citing a threat from neighbouring Russia. Trudging through ...

President Donald Trump, right, French President Emmanuel Macron, left, and Finland's President Alexander Stubb, attend the funeral of Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Saturday, April ...

A NATO E-3A Sentry AWACS flew its first mission in Finnish airspace alongside the Finnish Air Force, marking a new step in ...

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