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	IBM - Finnish Defence Forces selects IBM
		The Finnish Defence Forces (FDF) has chosen IBM to be the integrator for a new operations system (iC4I - command, control, communications, computing, intelligence).
		FDF's answer to the future needs is network-enabled defence (NED), which is a working title related to the further development of the FDF territorial defence doctrine.
		We are pleased to be leveraging this expertise for the Finnish Defence Forces.
	www-03.ibm.com /industries/government/doc/content/news/pressrelease/1517591109.html (621 words)

	IBM Uutiset - 2005-12-30 Finnish Defence Forces selects IBM Suomi
		The FDF is a founding member of the Centre.
		FDF's answer to the future needs is network-enabled defence (NED), which is a working title related to the further development of the FDF territorial defence doctrine.
		We are pleased to be leveraging this expertise for the Finnish Defence Forces.
	www.ibm.com /news/fi/fi/2005/12/051222fdfenglish.html (638 words)

	Security and defence policy
		The goal of Finland's defence is to guarantee the country's independence, secure the livelihood of its citizens, prevent Finnish territory from being seized and secure the functioning of the state leadership.
		Credible national defence is the best way to guarantee that Finnish territory will not become the object of military speculation, or that a war will not result from the threat of military force in even minor crises.
		The Chief of Defence leads the Defence Forces, which are responsible for securing the territorial integrity of the country, and the defence of the nation and its military preparedness in general.
	virtual.finland.fi /finfo/English/security.html (1541 words)

	Security and Defence — Virtual Finland
		The main tasks of the Defence Forces are to secure and safeguard territorial integrity, defend the nation and maintain its military preparedness in general.
		In addition to the army commands, the Navy and the Air Force, as independent services, are responsible for the defence of the national sea area and airspace and to perform that function the Navy and the Air Force are operationally in charge of their respective naval and air commands.
		The ability for the EU to deploy force packages of high readiness as a response to a crisis, either as a stand-alone force or as part of a larger operation enabling follow-on phases, is a key element of the 2010 Headline Goal.
	virtual.finland.fi /netcomm/news/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=27993 (2632 words)

	FAST-FIN-1 Finnish Institutions Papers
		The basis for the formation of the Finnish territorial waters is the outmost landmarks of the coastline and archipelago, either on the mainland or on islands.
		The Finnish national border at sea deviates from the route of the outer boundary of the internal waters in the areas adjacent to the national borders with Russia and Sweden.
		The overall responsibility for the naval surveillance of the Finnish Territorial waters lies with the Headquarters of the Navy (subordinate to the Ministry of Defence).
	www.uta.fi /FAST/FIN/MIL/ps-surv.html (4814 words)

	NATO REVIEW 9504-4
		Forces this large are needed because of the requirement to defend the whole of the country's vast territory.
		The Defence Forces have been obliged to contribute to the savings programme and this year's defence budget was cut by 8 per cent.
		In the Army, the Defence Forces have to concentrate on the modernization of the two armoured and the ten motorized brigades.Further decisions can only be made when the economic situation improves but a glimmer of light can already be seen at the end of the tunnel.
	www.nato.int /docu/review/1995/9504-4.htm (1600 words)

	Puolustusvoimat - Försvarsmakten - The Finnish Defence Forces
		The highlight of the 89th anniversary of the Finnish Air Force on March 6 is the arrival of the service´s first EADS CASA C-295M transport aircraft in Finland.
		Air Force cadets are given basic and lead-in training with Hawk jet trainers in the Training Air Wing, and in the end of the course students become qualified officer pilots.
		The annual number of incident reports totalling 5 000 to 6000 clearly reflects the efforts of Finnish military aviation to improve the quality of its operations and is indicative of a low reporting threshold and a willingness to react to own mistakes and to develop operation.
	www.ilmavoimat.fi /index_en.php (1285 words)

	The Finnish Defence Forces
		Based on the EU Battlegroups Concept, Germany, the Netherlands and Finland will strengthen European rapid response capabilities by providing a fully operational trinational Battlegroup to the European Union during the first half of 2007.
		Today, the Defence Forces have started the detailed planning of the structural change which is to be implemented in the next few years.
		At the same time, the position of the Army is being strengthened through its development into a uniformly led Service similarly to that of the Navy and Air Force.
	www.mil.fi /english (243 words)

	Finnish Defence Forces intranet to be enhanced with Jane's terrorism data - Jane's Land Forces (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Finnish Defence Forces intranet to be enhanced with Jane's terrorism data
		The FDF currently have over 30 different websites on a completely standalone network known as PvNET, which is accessible to all defence staffs across the country.
		As Adm Juhani Kaskeala, FDF Commander in Chief, put it: "These days to fight enemies such as terrorism, you need to co-operate, even in areas such as intelligence-gathering." It is here where Jane’s was perceived to be a major contributor to the FDF's national resource of open-source intelligence.
	www.janes.com /defence/land_forces/gallery/finland2003/finland030722_1_n.shtml (538 words)

	Finnish defence forces might shrink to 250 000 soldiers next decade - Military Photos
		The Defence Forces have a good economy today, but because of the "production program" of the finance minister's department new solutions must be found in the future.
		The shrinking of the resources might force the FDF to shrink it's mobilized force to 250 000 soldiers during the next decade, this is a guess from the FDF commander, admiral Juhani Kaskeala.
		The current planned strength of the FDF is 350 000 soldiers, during the 1990s it was still 500 000.
	www.militaryphotos.net /forums/showthread.php?t=70497 (870 words)

	Air Defence in Northern Europe 1
		The Finnish Air Force was founded on 6 March 1918, and its first aircraft was donated by a Swedish count, Erik von Rosen, and bore his own personal insignia, blue swastikas, painted on its wings.
		Anti-aircraft artillery was first considered by the Finnish Defence Forces in 1921, when an artillery committee considering anti-aircraft defence decided that 21 batteries were needed to protect the front-line troops at the center of the defence.
		The basis for an integrated air defence system had been created and the principles for its organization had been brought up to the date, but for practical reasons, considering the time needed for equipping, training and fine tuning a technologically complex branch of arms, these actions had come too late.
	www.sci.fi /~fta/finland1.htm (1206 words)

	FDF Mod - Finnish Defence Forces modification for OFP/ARMA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		FDF Sound Pack is client-side only and it does not replace any of the original files.
		FDF Modilla kuultavan Airut-orkesterin debyyttipitkäsoitto - Langennut - on pitkän ja piinallisen odotuksen jälkeen saatavilla.
		500 FDF missions - a new boundary was recently breached as
	www.fdfmod.org (592 words)

	KFOR Online Homepage
		With pomp and circumstance, the Finnish peacekeepers were honoured by a number of distinguished guests, the most prominent being the Commander of MNB Centre, Brigadier Tadier.
		The 4th of June is the Finnish Defence Forces Flag Day, where the Finnish Army celebrates with numerous parades at home in Finland.
		As the Finnish KFOR soldiers stood at attention, the Finnish Flag was paraded in front of them, before the Commander of the Finnish battalion (FINBAT), Colonel Sakari Honkamaa inspected his troops.
	www.nato.int /kfor/chronicle/2001/nr_010607b.htm (335 words)

	RedOrbit - Health - Medicine Use By Finnish Female Conscripts During Voluntary Military Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The use of the military (FDF) and civilian health services for the preceding 12 months was investigated as follows: frequent visits to a physician (yes if at least three), a nurse (yes if at least three), or a dentist (yes if at least three) and receiving physiotherapy (yes or no).
		According to a Finnish population survey,30 the use of prescribed and nonprescribed medicines among women and men 15 to 24 years of age is of the same magnitude.
		This suggests that independent self-medication of psychological symptoms, for example with OTC analgesics, as suggested for a Finnish rural population,24 was not common among the female conscripts.
	www.redorbit.com /news/health/631630/medicine_use_by_finnish_female_conscripts_during_voluntary_military_service/index.html?source=r_health (4163 words)

	Notebooks to the Finnish Defence Forces - Control Express Finland Oy
		Notebooks to the Finnish Defence Forces - Control Express Finland Oy News : Notebooks to the Finnish Defence Forces
		Forsman continues: "This deal was a logical continuation of the earlier co-operation between the Finnish Defence Forces and Control Express Finland.
		According to Control Express Finland, the deal with the Defence Forces shows that there is always a market for reliable and high-quality products despite global economical fluctuations.
	www.expressfinland.com /cef/eng/news_pv.asp (288 words)

	Nammo AS - The Finnish Defence Forces and Nammo Lapua Oy signed again a substantial agreement
		The Finnish Defence Forces and Nammo Lapua Oy have made an agreement regarding deliveries of artillery charges in years 2007-2008.
		The signed procurement agreement is along the defence policy, which requires domestic manufacturing capability and procurements from industry in order to sustain and develop the preparedness and know-how within Finland.
		Colonel Mikko Myllykangas from the Finnish Defence Forces Materiel Command states that âthe agreement is a continuation for the significant agreements made with Nammo Lapua Oy during the last two years.
	www.nammo.com /templates/page.aspx?id=276 (441 words)

	Elektrobit Group - Software Defined Radio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This work and co-operation with Finnish research laboratories and Finnish Defence Forces has created capabilities and made it possible to establish the Finnish SDR program.
		In March 2003 Elektrobit and the Finnish Defence Forces signed a three-year research and development contract for a software radio demonstrator for research and test purposes.
		The Finnish software defined radio demonstrator project is a national technology demonstration required before full-scale SDR system development and acquisitions can be started.
	www.elektrobit.com /index.php?551 (121 words)

	Patria and Finnish Defence Forces Combine Their Competencies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Finnish Defence Forces has placed an order to Patria Weapon Systems for a study for procurement of a Bridging System.
		The Defence Forces and Patria will together draft the technical requirements for a system that fulfils the user requirements and after that Patria drafts specification for the system, Life Cycle Support and a quotation for the delivery of the system.
		In this project the Finnish Defence Industry will create the ability to maintain and overhaul the bridging system and its competence in system integration will be strengthened even further.
	www.patria.fi /modules/release/show_release.asp?Id=7583797A5A1C45D2BEE89BF6C8225617&groupid=DE8140FCDD1C41ADA5CE28E1A5674A41&layout=default (308 words)

	FinnLinks - Military & Wars Category
		"The Military Archives is the repository of the archives for the Ministry of Defence, the Defence Forces and the Frontier Guard.
		The officers graduating from the college are assigned to various wartime and peacetime tasks in the Defence Forces and the Frontier Guard.
		Soon after Finland gained independence (from Russia) in 1917 the Swedish name of the fortress was officially changed to the Finnish Suomenlinna, "castle of Finland", but it is still known as Sveaborg to Finns who speak Swedish as their first language.
	www.genealogia.fi /finnlinks/show.php?cid=15 (716 words)

	Maanpuolustuskorkeakoulu - Helicopters - a New Branch of Service in the Finnish Defence Forces
		The Finnish National Defence College arranged an international Helicopter seminar on 10-12 October 2001.
		The Department of Tactics and Operational Art at the FNDC was responsible for the practical arrangements of the seminar.Â Â The purpose of the seminar was to concentrate on the tactical use of helicopters and in this way take part in the conversation thatÂ was currently going on in Finland.
		However, the texts in this publication and the opinions of the authors do not necessarily present the official points of view of the respective countriesÂ and are to be regarded as the authors private thinking.
	www.mpkk.fi /fi/tutkimus-opetus/julkaisut/taktl/julkaisusarja2/15julkaisu (160 words)

	Patria Hägglunds
		The Finnish Defence Forces (FDF) have awarded Patria Hägglunds an additional about EUR 120 million order for the delivery of another 45 CV9030 infantry fighting vehicles.
		FDF selected CV9030 FIN from Patria Hägglunds Oy as the Infantry Fighting Vehicle of the Finnish Land Forces in the end of year 2000.
		Patria is an internationally operating Aerospace and Defence Group with significant positions in the Nordic and Baltic Sea countries.
	www.patriahagglunds.fi /30062004.html (445 words)

	AMOS, the advanced mortar system
		The company received its first order for AMOS in June 1999, when the initial contract was signed by the Finnish Defence Forces for the self-propelled to be delivered in autumn 2000 and tested during the winter.
		The Finnish Defence Forces intend to take AMOS into service with the Regines Brigades for a tactical test programme that is scheduled to get under way in 2003.
		The programme is planned to be co-ordinated with that from Finland within the Nordic defence co-operation framework.
	defence-data.com /eurosatory2000/pagees04.htm (296 words)

	Scania sells 45 trucks in new Finnish defence deal-press-41207 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The new defence order also includes a repair and maintenance contract covering all 45 trucks, initially for six years.
		In the last five years, the Finnish defence forces have purchased 131 trucks from Scania, with an option to buy a further 40 vehicles per year in 2005 and 2006.
		Of the 50 trucks sold by Scania to the Finnish defence forces so far this year, 45 have gone to the army, two to the navy and three to the air force.
	www.scania.com /news/press_releases/press-41207.asp (308 words)

	New Order for CV90 from the Finnish Defence Forces (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Finnish Defence Forces (FDF) have awarded Patria Hägglunds an order for the delivery of a further 45 CV9030 infantry fighting vehicles, worth approximately EUR 120 million (£79 million).
		The FDF selected CV9030 FIN from Patria Hägglunds as the Infantry Fighting Vehicle of the Finnish Land Forces at the end of 2000.
		“The fact that the Finnish Defence Forces decided to place this additional order shows that CV9030 meets the very tough Finnish customer requirements and is well-suited to the harsh environment of the country.
	www.defense-aerospace.com /cgi-bin/client/modele.pl?prod=41501&session=dae.4270027.1089632763.QPJ5@8Oa9dUAAD6rskk&modele=release (509 words)

	Finnish Defence Forces Should Return to Basics -Senior Official : Strategic Defence and Security : Defense News Air ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Marco Krogars, the director general of the Finnish defence ministry's administration policy department, writes in the latest issue of military journal Sotilasaikakauslehti that the Defence Forces should focus on basics such as building and maintaining the ability to undertake military and crisis management operations.
		Referring to the brass lions that signify ranks above colonel in the Finnish army and air force, Mr Krogars added that a real problem would arise if the number of "salon lions" grew too much among the higher echelons of the military hierarchy.
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	www.defencetalk.com /news/publish/article_007010.php (527 words)

	The Finnish Defence Forces: Army
		The ultimate goal of military defence is to take pre-emptive action against attempts to subjugate Finland or to make use of her territory.
		Subordinated to the Defence Command, a Command is a regional echelon capable of taking independent military action.
		The wartime composition of the Armoured Brigade and the Jaeger Brigade is shown here.
	www.mil.fi /maavoimat/maavoimat/index_en.dsp (138 words)

	Milfoam Ltd - Armed Forces International
		Factors, which have Influenced the Choice of Milfoam Barrel Cleaning Solutions in the Finnish Defence Forces.
		The Finnish defence forces' previous experiences on the importance of barrel cleaning and the difficulty of the performance have been taken to consideration in the actual development of the barrel cleaning system.
		Milfoam Ltd is a Finnish company that develops and produces barrel cleaning systems, which have been supplied to the Finnish Defence Forces and many other users worldwide.
	www.armedforces-int.com /companies/milfoam-ltd.asp (756 words)

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