On this one ....
you probably should get in touch with Wilf (he is a bit straight-forward, but that should not be a problem for a Finn ) as to what age-old and modern tactical capabilities are really necessary - on the ground and looking at it from the air - particularly for a smaller nation.from Charly
For UN commanders, access to imagery, especially tactical (and live) is by most accounts far more limited than NATO ops. If US COIN & IW doctrine ‘requires’ access to such ISR assets, and especially NATO adopts similar doctrines, then more investments are needed to be able to ‘play the game’.
From my armchair, I could see where the Finnish forces (being something of a proportionately large National Guard-type outfit) could easily fit into the broader aspects of "stability operations" (e.g., James Dobbins, "Nation Building for Dummies", actually for "Beginners") since most all of the reserves would be well-qualified in various skills needed for reconstruction, etc.
But, why would Finland (as a national policy issue) want to go beyond multi-national peace enforcement (as the kinetic limit), and get into COIN and IW (irregular warfare ?), or even get into such as FID and SFA ?
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