Finland Is Unlikely to Get NATO Battle Group on Its Territory
- Nordic country seen as capable of defending its own land
- NATO has allied battle groups on the rest of eastern flank
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With Finland officially in the alliance, NATO’s top commander can now work the country into its military plans, which sketch out how to defend the bloc’s members against an attack.
But given Finland’s extensive capabilities and practice defending its own territory, it’s unlikely at least for now that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization will replicate defense structures on the rest of the eastern flank by stationing allied battle groups in the nation, according to officials familiar with the issue.