Estonia will focus on strengthening its land and sea forces.
Countries integrate their coastal defense missile systems / mc.nato.int
Estonia and Finland want to close the Gulf of Finland to Russian warships.
This was stated by Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur in an interview with a Finnish newspaper. Evening newspaper.
The flight range of Estonian and Finnish missiles exceeds the width of the Gulf of Finland. According to the minister, the countries are integrating their coastal defense missile systems.
“We must integrate our coastal defense missile systems. The range of Estonian and Finnish missiles is greater than the width of the Gulf of Finland. This means that we will combine our missile defense and share all information with each other,” Pevkur said.
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Pevkur stressed that this decision will allow the Gulf of Finland to be closed to Russian warships.
“The Baltic Sea will become NATO’s inland sea when Finland and Sweden join NATO. The situation will change,” he said.
Pevkur also commented on the security of the Estonian airspace. NATO has agreed that Allies ensure the security of the airspace throughout the Baltic Sea region.
“For me, this is one airspace. Everyone should understand that Norway, Finland, the Baltic countries and other countries form the eastern wing of NATO. We are not only protecting Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania or other eastern NATO countries, we are all together. When we If we talk about NATO, the most important is the fifth article: one for all and all for one,” Pevkur said.
