Finland to build and train for anti-personnel mines after treaty withdrawal
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Finland plans to acquire anti-personnel land mines and begin training staff, conscripts and reservists after exiting the Ottawa Convention, aiming to have the first mines and training equipment ready by 2027. The program will be developed with the domestic defense industry, with a goal of manufacturing the mines in Finland; they will not be laid in peacetime and would be used only in emergencies.
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