Finland Ain't Playing Games

Remember that Finland only has a population of 5.5 million, 1.7% of the population of the USA. She only spends 1.4% of her GDP on defense. She only has a wee bit of coastline in the cul-de-sac of the Baltic ... but she is nestled up to Russia and a bit of a history with her.

All that being noted;

The U.S. State Department has cleared a pair of first-time missile sales for Finland’s navy that could top $730 million in total.
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The first package covers 68 Evolved Seasparrow Missiles (ESSM) and one ESSM inert operational missile, along with associated parts and technical expertise, with an estimated cost of $112.7 million. These weapons are for use on Finland’s new Squadron 2020 class Corvette ships.

The second package, which comes with an estimated price tag of $622 million, covers a mix of surface launched Harpoon weapons, which will go on Finland’s Hamina class ships, Multirole Corvette ships, and Coastal Batteries.

Included in this package are 100 RGM-84Q-4 Harpoon Block II Plus Extended Range (ER) Grade B Surface-Launched Missiles, 12 RGM-84L-4 Harpoon Block II Grade B Surface-Launched Missiles, 12 RGM-84Q-4 Harpoon Block II+ ER Grade B Surface-Launched Upgrade Kits, four RTM-84L-4 Harpoon Block II Grade B Exercise Surface-Launched Missiles, and four RTM-84Q-4 Harpoon Block II+ ER Grade B Exercise Surface-Launched Missiles.

On a per-capita basis, that would be like the USA buying 8,882 Harpoons - if you only count the 100 Block II ER.

She's not in NATO (yet), she does not have a large navy - but she has enough to distract the Russian Baltic Sea Fleet ... and that will do well enough.

Now, if she will just grow to 2% GDP or a bit more like her Estonian neighbor, she will be much more on track. Small nations need to have big spines.