Estonia, Finland plan to throw noose around Russian Baltic fleet
Finland already equips its navy with the Gabriel V anti-ship missile (pictured) but will it go a step further and procure the Blue Spear? (Photo: Finnish Navy)
A move by Estonia and Finland to integrate their respective coastal defence systems would turn the Gulf of Finland into an ‘internal sea’ for NATO.
Finland and Estonia are set to integrate their respective coastal defence systems as a step towards bottling up the Russian Baltic fleet if they ever decide to close the Gulf of Finland.
Noting the need for coastal defence integration with Estonia in a 12 August interview with Finnish newspaper Iltalehti, the country’s defence minister Hanno Pevkur said: ‘The flight range of Estonian and Finnish missiles is greater than the width of the Gulf of Finland [45km at its narrowest point]. This means that we can connect our missile defences and share all our information with each other.’
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