Emphasising the recurring rise of geoeconomics, Finland’s Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen used the launch of the Nordic Economic Security Programme (NESPO) in Helsinki to pitch a bold economic initiative for the Alliance: a free-trade zone covering the entirety of NATO. Support for Ukraine will weigh on Nordic national budgets for years, if not decades —
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In Severodvinsk on Russia’s Arctic coast, the Navy has just unveiled its latest nuclear submarine – the Khabarovsk, a vessel designed to carry the dreaded Poseidon nuclear torpedo drone. Dubbed a potential Doomsday Weapon, Poseidon is an autonomous, nuclear-propelled torpedo said to be capable of wiping out entire coastal cities with a massive thermonuclear blast.
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Heavy ballistic assault helmets have long been a hallmark of Russia’s special forces, especially in sieges and hostage situations. Over the past fifty years, various materials have been tested, but titanium has remained the preferred choice for protection. Russian assault helmets are unique in the world of ballistic head protection: big, heavy, and offering strong
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John W. Brunius’s Fänrik Ståls sägner (1926) is one of the most ambitious historical films of the Nordic silent era. The film is about the last major Swedish war and the birth of Finnish nationhood – about defeat, memory, and identity. Based on The Tales of Ensign Stål by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804–1877), the film
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