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 ...

The Narrow Waters 26-1 exercise, led by the Finnish Navy, began in the Baltic Sea, in particular in areas near the sea border ...

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 ...

After Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Finland abandoned decades of neutrality and joined NATO. Over the past few weeks, more than 1,600 troops from across nine NATO member countries came together to ...

In fatigues and body armor, Matthieu dives to the concrete floor and fires off a volley from his rifle, watched by half a dozen recruits in safety goggles and helmets. A 26-year-old strategy ...

Finland’s armed forces on Wednesday said they will begin procuring anti-personnel landmines and training soldiers, conscripts and reservists in their use later this year, following the country’s ...