Finland ponders the consequences of NATO membership
5 May 2016 – Espoo, Finland by Timo Mustonen Two Nordic countries with a long tradition of neutrality, Finland and Sweden, have been pondering NATO membership. While they have strong…
Tackling the Technical – a high tech approach to widespread counterinsurgency
12 October 2015 – Espoo, Finland by Timo Mustonen Canada’s military seems to have awaken to the possibilities conducting cyber warfare through equipment hacking. They seek to hire a hacker…
Frontline News: Another month, another submarine incursion
29 July 2015 – Espoo, Finland by Timo Mustonen Another month, another submarine. The headlines seem to put a lot of Russian activity to Swedish coastline. This time they are…
DefRep Analysis: Finland enters next-generation fighter competition
Espoo, Finland – 11 June 2015 by Timo Mustonen On 11 July 2015, the Finnish Ministry of Defence released its recommendation for the procedure of replacing the F-18 Hornet fleet…
Frontline News: Finnish Navy drops “depth charges” on phantom submarine
Espoo, Finland It is not big news to say that the situation in and around Baltic Sea has tensions. Last October, the Swedish Navy was on the hunt for a…
DefRep Analysis: NATO’s cyber shift may not link to Article 5
6 January 2015 – Savonlinna, Finland by Timo Mustonen In the midst of SONY hacks and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks to the console gaming of Microsoft and Playstation it is…
DefRep Analysis: Kashmir conflict flares up again
10 October 2014 – Savonlinna, Finland by Timo Mustonen This Monday saw the most bloody day in over a decade of the crisis over Kashmir area between India and Pakistan. The firefight…
DefRep Analysis: Hybrid War – The Ukrainian example
19 September 2014 – Savonlinna, Finland by Timo Mustonen Warfare today is hardly conventional, nor is responding to it any easier. The recent crisis in Ukraine has brought some new…