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The Battle for the Spectrum: Inside the Invisible War for the Airwaves

Science, Technology

The electromagnetic spectrum has become one of the most fiercely contested resources on the modern battlefield. Drones, sensors, radars, jammers and tactical networks increasingly compete for usable frequencies, while every transmission risks revealing its source. Ukraine has turned this into a rapid contest of adaptation. For tactical communications companies such as Finland’s Bittium, the challenge

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SAAB 80 years in Finland, three pictures

From Bofors Guns to Silent Sensors: Saab’s 80 Years in Finland

Business, History

Saab’s Finnish history began in defence, became part of everyday life through hundreds of thousands of cars and has now returned to high technology at remarkable speed. From Bofors guns and Winter War aircraft to Draken fighters, Uusikaupunki convertibles, naval combat systems and three-kilogram electronic warfare sensors, Finland has become one of Saab’s most deeply

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How Phone Masts Became Drone Hunters: The Nordic Opportunity in Dual-Use Technology

Technology

Combining mobile networks with radar and other sensors for drone detection could become a major Nordic export success in dual-use technology. Yet EU and national bureaucracy could hinder its development. With more than nine billion mobile subscriptions worldwide, the commercial potential is vast, as are the risks of misuse by authoritarian regimes. Integrated Sensing and

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Ukrainian front-line drone company expands to Finnish production: Why General Cherry chose Patria

Business, Technology

A Ukrainian drone maker born during the full-scale war is preparing to bring its combat-tested technology into partnership with one of the Nordic region’s biggest defence companies. General Cherry brings battlefield feedback, rapid development and production capacity measured in tens of thousands of drones. Patria brings industrial scale, systems expertise and access to Western defence

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Stalin Is Back, and the Message Is for Russia’s Neighbours

History, News, Politics

The rehabilitation of Joseph Stalin has moved from the fringes of Russian politics into public space, schools, museums and law. Statues are multiplying, Stalin has returned to the Moscow Metro, and a majority of Russians now describe him positively. The Kremlin’s version is selective: Stalin appears as the victorious commander, industrialiser and builder of a

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Scata Bets on a French Chassis and Gulf Demand to Break into Armoured Vehicles

Technology

A Finnish start-up has entered one of the defence industry’s most unforgiving markets with an 18-tonne armoured vehicle, a French drivetrain and no disclosed customers. Scata unveiled its MK1 at Eurosatory in Paris in June. The company says the modular four-wheel-drive platform can carry troops, command systems, counter-drone equipment, logistics loads and weapons. Production is

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The Future Battlefield Cannot Run on Foreign Permission

Analysis, Technology

Control of AI models, software and battlefield networks is becoming a central determinant of military power. As access to advanced AI becomes subject to export controls and political decisions, sovereign digital capabilities are acquiring the same strategic importance as ammunition, air defence and artillery. Europe already has much of the technology needed to achieve them.

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Drone Warfare Q&A: What Do the Baltic Drone Incidents Mean for North-Eastern NATO?

Analysis, Technology

Long-range Ukrainian strike drones aimed at targets around the Leningrad Oblast have, in several cases, strayed or pushed beyond intended routes, crossing into the airspace of Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. Whether by navigation failure, electronic interference, or deliberate ambiguity, the result is the same: NATO airspace is no longer a distant observer of

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Who Will Defend Europe

Bunker Books: Who Will Defend Europe? An Awakened Russia and a Sleeping Continent by Keir Giles (2025)

Book Review

Keir Giles’s Who Will Defend Europe? An Awakened Russia and a Sleeping Continent argues that Europe has spent three decades behaving as if history had ended, while Russia did the opposite. The Sleeping Continent is a verdict on political leadership, procurement culture, and the strategic habit of assuming the United States will keep turning up

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