Robin Häggblom, senior advisor & project manager @Riskstaff, personal account. 'Friendliest military blogger in the Nordics' according to @PeterOlsson 😎

Finland
Joined January 2014
Because Ukraine was never beyond possibility. Because a trained reserve and a high will to defend the country remain foundations of Finland’s defence. Because, as Hillel said, "If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am only for myself, what am I? If not now, when?"
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Corporal Frisk retweeted
Finland supplied these Xa-181 based Crotale-NG:s, not France as they don't have any. It's strictly s Finnish variant.
Ukraine’s 1039th Air Defense Regiment just released a massive compilation of the unit’s French-supplied Crotale SAM systems shooting down Russian air targets.
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The video compilation shows Finnish ItO 90M Crotale NG systems on Sisu XA-181 6x6 chassis supplied by Finland, not French-supplied variants (Ukraine has received separate French Crotale systems). militarnyi.com/en/news/ukrain… united24media.com/world/finland-…
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Yksi kansalaisaloitteemme perusteluista. Kuparia tarvitaan tykistöammuksiin - arviolta 0,5 kg / ammus. Viron tiedustelun mukaan Venäjä tuotti vuonna 2025 n. 7 miljoonaa ammusta, kranaattia ja rakettia. Venäjä tarvitsee siis miljoonia kiloja kuparia vuodessa. Suomesta vietiin Venäjälle 100 000 t kuparisakkaa vuosina 2022-2025. Tämä kaupankäynti täytyy lopettaa. Jos olet samaa mieltä, kannata kansalaisaloitetta kansalaisaloite.fi/fi/aloite… ja lue lisää perusteluja osoitteesta nikkeli.eu
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Spoke with President of Finland @alexstubb and Prime Minister of Norway @jonasgahrstore following their call today with the Russian leader and as a continuation of our discussions in Oslo with representatives of America, Europe, and NATO. I am grateful for the detailed briefing and for their active support for our diplomacy and the peace efforts we are pursuing together with all our partners. Alex and Jonas made it clear to the Russian leader that real de-escalatory steps are needed regarding our energy and infrastructure. We discussed preparations for the trilateral meeting planned for November at the team level – Ukrainian, American, and Russian. Finland and Norway, as countries that border Russia, have a particular interest in sound and reliable security arrangements. We also discussed various formats for our engagement with partners in Europe that could be useful in further supporting diplomacy, our defense, and our shared security. There must be peace, de-escalation is needed, and Russia must stop dragging out the war. I thank everyone who stands with Ukraine!
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The carrier versus carrier battle that almost happened in the early days during the Falkland’s war remains one of the great ’What if’s’ of naval warfare post-WWII.
Douglas A-4Q Skyhawk was Argentine Navy’s principal carrier-based strike aircraft during the years leading up to the 1982 Falklands War. Small, rugged and capable of carrying a substantial bomb load, it became one of the most significant Argentine aircraft of the conflict.
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...and for my Swedish followers I give my view of the Aftonbladet/DI controversy on the #Aster B1NT.
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Corporal Frisk retweeted
Them marketing lads don't have a clue 😀
Latest news article: Babcock pitches Type 31 for 🇺🇸US Navy frigate programme navylookout.com/babcock-pitc…
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Corporal Frisk retweeted
Concerning... "Industry insiders have told @NavyLookout that two more of the five remaining Type 23s will almost certainly have to be declared unseaworthy in the next few months [while delivery of the new Type 26 & Type 31 frigates seemingly continues to slip]."
Latest news commentary: Royal Navy frigate crisis is even worse than Commons Defence Committee report suggests navylookout.com/royal-navy-f…
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Corporal Frisk retweeted
Finnish donated Crotale-NG SAMs on a 6x6 Pasi platform shown for the first time in Ukrainian service. So the mystery supplier of Crotale launchers Zelensky mentioned a while ago was indeed Finland.
❗️French Crotale SAM system in service with the 1039th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment
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This VERY shady individual, Armando Mema, portrays himself as a “Finnish politician” while conveniently hiding the fact that he has not been elected to anything He spreads literal russian propaganda in both English and Finnish This is how russian propaganda operates in Finland.
Corrupted media and propagandist Petri Korhonen accuses me again for exposing the facts. Finnish media is over a year they censore me and my political party, spread false info and try to discredit us. In order to have better Democracy Finland need free media.
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I'm a great admirer of Kasparov, but this is just poor analysis. Are there anything indicating other European countries would be weaker than Ukraine? Historically, attacking cities have rarely broken the spirit of the population or the leadership - and this includes in Europe.
‼️ Some brutal truth 🔽 “I want to see which European capital could withstand just one drone attack. They’ll run away, shit themselves — pardon my language — and surrender.”.” — Garry Kasparov
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I know some European countries score low on "Would you want your country to continue fighting with uncertain outcome if attacked?", but to an extent that is what people say in peace, and if actually attacked "let's draft our youth to beat the barbarians"-spirit tend to kick in.
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Like, what were the numbers in Ukraine in 2013 (or 2021, for the matter)? Danger is Putin has done that mistake before, and it is part of a longer line of Russia/Soviet (and other major powers) believing people won't fight back if facing huge firepower, so he might do it again.
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Nice reporting on our study 👍
The Arithmetic of Reinforcement: What Getting NATO to the Northern Nordics Actually Takes A new study of the Northern Nordics argues that the alliance’s northern flank will be won or lost at the transfer nodes, long before the battlefield (Link with analysis of the report below)
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Corporal Frisk retweeted
"Within meters" sounds... very close. In fact, even 1-2 km is very close. This does not look good at all.
1/x According to current orbital elements, the Russian #KOSMOS 2612 satellite is now within 1-2 km of #ICEYE-X36. Based on current elements, it might come within meters of the latter within a few hours from now. This is an #RPO without consent. (cont.)
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Corporal Frisk retweeted
Replying to @CorporalFrisk
@CorporalFrisk - contract signed. Looks like Germany will soon be the biggest operator of the M18. 15 boats ordered now. Official requirement for 2035 stands at “40+”, per Kurs Marine.
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