Finland scraps Russian-made missiles
Finland plans to buy new Nato-compliant anti-aircraft missiles to replace Russian-made missiles, Yle reports.
Finland might eventually decide to replace its arsenal of Russian-made BUK anti-aircraft missiles, purchased in 1996, with the Norwegian-American NASAMS missiles. The country also considers to update its air surveillance radar system. A decision on the issue might come next week. The new missile defence system would become active after 2015, and its cost is said to be more than 400 million EUR, Yle News reports.
