The Finnish Defense Forces have said they would conduct on Tuesday a surveillance flight over the Baltic countries for the first time since Helsinki joined NATO in April.
Over many years, Putin's men did not hide their intention to destabilize and disrupt NATO's unity. Assuming that this is a strategic goal for Russia, Moscow would have an open road ahead, toward inflicting political, military, and economic pressure on several European states. As it turned out, the efficiency of the collective defence system in the transatlantic space has been greater than the Russian strategic plans did assume. Nowadays, Russia has a problem explaining how did it happen, that its border with NATO is now more than 1,000 kilometers longer, with Finland joining the alliance. NATO, and all of its members, can now celebrate a key PR success, also enhancing the security system as a whole.
Finland becoming the 31st member of NATO is a strategic step that doubles the military alliance s border with Russia and provides the coalition with additional military capacity