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Finland prepares for war

3 October 2022

4:37 PM

3 October 2022

4:37 PM

Europe is waking up.

There have been small military scuffles over the years since the close of the second world war, and the engagement of distant proxy wars in the Middle East – but in recent weeks we have seen signs that the machine of regional war is preparing for something more serious.

Aside from heightened security around European energy stations, regular joint military operations with America, and the fast-tracking of democratic nations into the Nato family, hot-war drills have begun in civilian areas.

Late last week, Finland closed a major motorway so that it could give its fleet of fighter jets room...

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