In Finland's forests, soldiers re-learn how to lay anti-personnel minesFinnish soldiers are exploring the most effective way to use mines. (Photo: AFP)KAJAANI - Finland is barely out of the treaty banning them but the country's armed forces are already training soldiers to lay anti-personnel mines, citing a threat from neighbouring Russia. Like the nearby Baltic states and Poland, it also decided to withdraw from the Ottawa Convention, which prohibits the use, stockpiling, or production of anti-personnel mines. From a military perspective, antipersonnel mines are a necessary evil, according to Ratto. One million minesFor now, the Finnish army has no caches of antipersonnel mines.

Source: Bangkok Post February 06, 2026 15:11 UTC