Petri Mäkelä·Jan 1, 2018A Piece of our family history: the Battle of Petäjäsaari 1940.As a celebration of the #Finland100 I decided to write about a small but personal piece of Finnish history. A few years ago my mother asked…
Petri Mäkelä·Oct 25, 2017Russian training focus in 2017 — Amphibious operationsFor the Russian armed forces 2014 was the year of snap drills and the Ukraine war. 2015 brought in the Syrian expeditionary force and…
Petri Mäkelä·Sep 28, 2017The return of the chemical warfare and other quirks from RussiaSeptember 28, 2017
Petri Mäkelä·Sep 26, 2017Independent Kurdistan, born to die?The autonomous Kurdistan Region votes enthusiastically for independence. A perfect world would welcome a new member into the family of…
Petri Mäkelä·Sep 15, 2017Steel quartet: the Russian tank programsThe Russian military modernization program has two superstars that have been grabbing the headlines, the T-50 Pak-Fa 5th generation fighter…
Petri Mäkelä·Sep 5, 2017Local defense tested — Finland readies for the Zapad2017?Finland has been busy building up the capacity to respond to the rapidly evolving hybrid threats of the modern world. The new military…
Petri Mäkelä·Sep 3, 2017#Zapad2017: Russia threatens Finland and the Baltic statesThe eyes of the European military experts and leaders have been focused on the upcoming Russian Zapad2017 exercise for a while now. When…
Petri Mäkelä·Aug 9, 2017Maskirovka buildup by RussiaExactly a year ago I wrote about the Russian Maskirovka mobilizations that are also known as “snap drills” or “readiness inspections”. Some…A response icon1A response icon1
