With Finland’s membership, Nato now has one of Europe’s most powerful armies
Its standing forces of around 19,000 can quickly grow to 280,000
Finland’s President Sauli Niinisto and Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg. Photo: Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP
Matthew DayTelegraph Media Group Limited
Finland formally became the 31st member of Nato this week, ending decades of non-alignment to join the military alliance in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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