An Underwater Shadow War Is Raging
Foreign Policy · John Kampfner ·
A new book examines a hugely consequential conflict happening mostly out of sight.
A new book examines a hugely consequential conflict happening mostly out of sight.
It was with boyish excitement that I clambered down the narrow stepladder and into the control room of FNS Pori, one of four fast attack crafts in the Finnish navy. The commander explained the latest missile systems to our small group: Sailors are taught to operate the ship not just from state-of-the art sensors, but also from paper, in the event of GPS denial. All eventualities are being rehearsed in the gray zone of almost-war.
These vessels spend most of the time patrolling the Gulf of Finland and the archipelago of small islands that straddle the Russian, Estonian, and Finnish borders. Russia is constantly testing how far it can go. The top brass of Finland’s military wants you to understand the acuteness of the danger.
Read the full story at Foreign Policy · All coverage of this story