NATO’s newest member, Finland, has announced it will sign a bilateral defence cooperation agreement next week with the United States.

The deal will allow Washington to station troops and store weapons inside the Nordic country, which shares a sprawling border with Russia.

Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen told a news conference in Helsinki on Thursday that Defense Minister Antti Häkkänen will sign the so-called Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA) on Monday.

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      The best defense against war is the ever-present threat of overwhelming retaliation.

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      The best way to prevent war is to have extremely deadly force on display, with the implicit promise of punishment to anyone who attacks.

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        Remind lemmy next time someone is bitching about US defense spending.

        Yes, we could do shitloads better, but the most expensive thing on planet Earth is a 2nd rate military.