Mines are cheap and due to geography, they would be a relatively effective defense. For that reason, signing them away with the treaty has been considered a mistake ever since, but there was never enough political will to seriously consider withdrawal.
So why now? The full scale invasion in Ukraine was a shock that kicked the ball rolling. The topic woke up immediately and there was also a petition that collected signatures very fast. Took some time, but now we’re here.
As long as there’s no military need for them against an invasion there will be zero mines in the ground. No one will hurt themselves with them, unless some storage worker happens to drop a box on their toes.
As of why now, you can’t pull out of agreement and start to build up manufacturing and logistics if there’s active invasion going on. I hope not a single one of them is ever dug on our Finnish soil, but I’m glad that our military is prepared to use any viable option if they need to.
Then what’s the problem?
if they are not being invaded, why pull out of that treaty?
Mines are cheap and due to geography, they would be a relatively effective defense. For that reason, signing them away with the treaty has been considered a mistake ever since, but there was never enough political will to seriously consider withdrawal.
So why now? The full scale invasion in Ukraine was a shock that kicked the ball rolling. The topic woke up immediately and there was also a petition that collected signatures very fast. Took some time, but now we’re here.
i don’t think cheapness is a good justification
Now you have circled us back. You said there’s no invasion. No invasion => No mines. What is the problem?
As long as there’s no military need for them against an invasion there will be zero mines in the ground. No one will hurt themselves with them, unless some storage worker happens to drop a box on their toes.
As of why now, you can’t pull out of agreement and start to build up manufacturing and logistics if there’s active invasion going on. I hope not a single one of them is ever dug on our Finnish soil, but I’m glad that our military is prepared to use any viable option if they need to.