Finland has signed four memorandums of understanding at the NATO Defense Ministers’ Meeting. Their purpose is to support NATO’s common defense.
Defense Minister Antti Häkkänen (kok) at the Nordic Response 24 exercises in Kautokeino in September 2024. JANI KORPELA
Defense secretary Antti Häkkänen has signed four memorandums of understanding, or initiatives, at the NATO Defense Ministers’ Meeting on Thursday.
The letters of intent are not legally binding.
– With all the signed agreements, we support NATO’s common defense. These are concrete examples of Finland’s active participation in the development of the alliance’s military capabilities, Häkkänen states in the press release.
Two initiatives concern the development of NATO’s multinational space capabilities. One of them, Northlink, deals with capabilities related to satellite communication in the Arctic region. Its goal is to improve the availability of satellite connections in the Arctic region.
Another letter of intent is called Starlift, which in turn concerns multinational space capabilities. The initiative aims to “utilize commercial launch providers and infrastructure when developing space performance capabilities suitable for coalition use”.
Unmanned aerial vehicles included
Finland and eight other NATO countries signed the initiative on unmanned aerial vehicles. It, in turn, aims to be able to build and develop the performance of unmanned aerial vehicles in cooperation
The use of unmanned vessels has come to the fore since the war in Ukraine, where they have been used extensively and have changed the behavior and nature of the battlefield.
In addition, Häkkänen signed the initiative on the testing capability of indirect fire ammunition. According to the release, it aims to develop “capabilities for indirect fire ammunition testing activities, approval for use and evaluation of interoperability”.
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