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https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-12344736 So the new Army high altitude air defense system will be an Israeli one Defense Minister Kaikkonen confirms. Now we are seeking to see which one of the offered systems we will be acquiring. We will know whether IAI Israel Aerospace Industries or Rafael Advanced...

Finland has chosen 64 F-35 as its new fighter jet today! Hell fucking yeah!

Basically typical Finnish defence budget has been 3 billion euros. However with our two largest ongoing acquisitions (the HX Project replacing Hornet at 10 bn. € cost and Squadron 2020 ship project replacing 7 of our warships with four new multi role fregates for 1.3 bn. €) it was viewed that...

Apparently there's been a leak to Iltalehti (according to the newspaper itself) from inside government / military sources that the Defence Forces is recommending the F-35 as our next fighter jet. The acquisition recommendation was left from the Defence Forces to the Ministry of Defence during...

https://www.hs.fi/politiikka/art-2000008298627.html So the gist of this news is that the HX Project evaluations of Best and Final Offers are now in their final stages during these weeks where the results of analyses of security of supply, use - and maintenance costs, industrial cooperation and...

Also here's a video from Finnish Defense Forces about how they visualize modern attack against Finland being like: It has English subtitles.

To be fair, you also have 48 F-16s purchased. ------ Also another notable acquisition being done is improving the gear of the infantry soldiers from weapons to sensors which is currently going on.

Forgot to update this. So basically we sent Requests for Best And Final Offers for our new fighter jets to all five manufacturers at the end of January this year following a final round of negotiations and performance verifications at manufacturers' home countries at the end of 2020 which...

https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-11517612 So translate this briefly for the thread: Not a single one of the tenders were able to fit 64 aircraft into 10 billion euro limits and the offers were over the 10 billion euros by one to two billion euros. But the problem for HX is that they initially gave...

Finland maintains 18 known potential roadside base locations. These are lengthened and widened patches of straight road that continues for 2-4 kilometers. In war, the FAF would disperse its aircraft to four fighter jets per roadside base and call the conscripts who served in the Air Force to...

So the Coronavirus situation has caused some delays in the final round of negotiations for HX project. Originally they were supposed to be ready by summer and we would have had final offers by autumn, but now with less traveling restrictions, they are scheduled for September-November along with...

And our former Commander of Armed Forces probably cares less of a fuck after he was unjustly sacked from his position due to some of his subordinates verbally abusing reservists in an exercise and he was blamed for not intervening in timely manner after hearing from said abuse. But some months...

Lockheed Martin has gotten itself into quite the stir here. The recent news reveal that they have hired Suomalainen Kenraalikonsultointi Oy (in English Finnish General [the rank of general not the other meaning for general that is a synonym to commonplace] Consulting ltd) as a consultant in...

https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-11148918 The test flights of the new fighter jet candidates have now started with Eurofighter Typhoon being the first followed up by Rafale, Gripen, F-35 and Super Hornet. The purpose of these flights is to test manufacturers' claims on capabilities of the aircraft...

https://corporalfrisk.com/2018/11/24/the-long-and-the-short-of-finnish-guns/ An excellent piece of writing pointing out how much of our artillery pieces is going to be obsolete and removed in the next ten years. Over 500 howitzers will be obsolete and removed from service. Leaving us with only...

F-35 cost just dropped below 80 million dollars so it's actually now as affordable as 4th gen candidates like Rafale and Super Hornet and much cheaper than the Typhoon. And we don't know a thing about Gripen E's price.

https://www.hs.fi/politiikka/art-2000006292452.html Translation: Finland sent the specified RFQs for the new fighter jets: ''The amount of aircraft will sooner shrink than grow.'' All jet manufacturers will bring their fighters to Pirkkala early on during next year. The Defense Forces has...

https://www.iltalehti.fi/kotimaa/a/ceba3c4d-2ac8-4aac-9633-f1b64e408e72 The test flights are approaching as they start on January. The schedule has been revealed. The first one to be flown is Eurofighter Typhoon on January 10th with the strength of 2-3 aircraft we'll test. The tests will...

https://maavoimat.fi/artikkeli/-/asset_publisher/puolustusvoimat-on-vastaanottanut-kaikki-leopard-2a6-taistelupanssarivaunut More news. Finnish Army has received all 100 Leo2a6 it ordered from Netherlands in 2014. The deliveries happened on 20 per year basis due to payments being done for 20...

So the government has taken stance on the budget of the HX Project. The previous estimate was 7-10 billion and the government has given full support for a 10 billion euro budget and now it's apparently possible that if it fits the acquisition budget, even more than just the ~64 fighter jets can...