How Finland Has Become Impossible to Invade 

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As a finn, I highly approve you including the real Finnish Air Force to the intro: the mosquitos.

As a Norwegian, I approve of this message. We are four Nordic nations working together if push comes to shove, but the Finns are just... Something else. Glad to have them as a close ally.

There was a telling quote from US colonel about joint winter exercise in Finland: "They came out of nowhere and were everywhere!".

1:02 More accurately, Saint Petersburg sits 150 kilometers away from the current Finnish eastern border. It's important to distinct that Russia built their city as late as in the 18th century on lands inhabitated by Finnic tribes. If you insist to build on your neighbor's yard, then don't complain that your neighbor's house is close to you.

Speaking of snipers, Finland won the latest sniper competition of NATO (2023)

Everybody gangsta until forest speaks Finnish

The Vikings thought the Finnish had magical control over the weather. They very rarely tried to raid them because of it. The terrain of Finland is basically a fortress. Beast of a country that is difficult to thrive in but rewards anyone who can. Good luck trying to outmanoeuvre the Finns on snow. They ski better than they walk.

A large group of Russian soldiers in the border area in 1939 are moving down a road when they hear a voice call from behind a small hill: "One Finnish soldier is better than ten Russian". The Russian commander quickly orders 10 of his best men over the hill where Upon a gun-battle breaks out and continues for a few minutes, then silence. The voice once again calls out: "One Finn is better than one hundred Russian." Furious, the Russian commander sends his next best 100 troops over the hill and instantly a huge gun fight commences. After 10 minutes of battle, again Silence. The calm Finnish voice calls out again: "One Finn is better than one thousand Russians!" The enraged Russian commander musters 1000 fighters and sends them to the other side of the hill. Rifle fire, machine guns, grenades, rockets and cannon fire ring out as a terrible battle is fought... Then silence. Eventually one badly wounded Russian fighter crawls back over the hill and with his dying words tells his commander, "Don't send any more men...it's a trap. There's two of them."

As a Swede i approve of this message, finns are our brothers. Perkele!

The bear knows not to bother the hedgehog. The hedgehog is small, but knows how to defend with it's thorns. Sure, the bear could probably mess up the hedgehog if it *really* tried, but not without getting messed up in the process. And to what end? The hedhegog is not much of a meal anyway. _The bear knows not to bother the hedgehog._

Forest roads exist for logging purposes. Forest industry is one of Finlands largest industries. Gripens are not going to take off from gravel roads, they would use the road bases on the highways.

I think you forgot to mention water that exist in Finnish forest as rivers, lakes, springs, ponds, ditches, and swamps. An area that on a map at the first glance looks like open land is often mostly impenetrable by a mechanized army and sometime even by foot soldiers. Been there, experienced it. Getting across a swamp with full gear on foot in a hurry is daunting because you can't know how deep into water the next step will take you. On most swamps you wouldn't even try.

The winter war always reminds me old old Finnish joke. "A Russian commander was on patrol with hes troops, suddenly he hear someone yell: 1 Finnish equal 10 Russians. General got mad and send 10 troops to attack. He waited a while bu no one come back. Another yell was heard: 1 Finnish equal 100 Russians" General send 100 troops to attack and again, no one come back. Another yell was heard: 1 Finnish equal 1000 Russians. General got really angry and send 1000 troops to attack. This time 1 Russian made it back. Trooper: Commander, don't send any more, they are lying. Commander: How so? Trooper: There is 2 of them."

Forests,fog, darkness, frost, lakes, rivers, snipers,mines, smoke,orienteering, time consumption..

Interesting fact. All major bridges in Finland are build with ready made compartments for easy mining and rumor goes that some bridges nearer to our Eastern border are permanently mined ready to be blown at moment's notice.

Fun fact: There technically is a mountain range on the border of Russia and Finland, The Karelides, But it's about 2 billion years old and most of it has eroded away so it's not much of a natural defense lol.

My family shares ownership of a private road. The government pays for the upkeep because it is between two main highways in the area and shortcuts a major intersection. You can literally drive a tank on it... which is why government pays for the upkeep.

If someone would tell me Finland is under attack by Russia I would volunteer to help. They are very civilized and good people.

As a Finnish reservist, if every possible means of communication went down in case of a sudden attack, I'd still know where to go. It would take a day to cycle there although it would take another day to cycle back because they probably would tell me go back because of my age.😂 But if I were to be accepted and given equipment, it would take maybe an hour to be an effective member of a squad.

When the snow starts to whisper in Finnish pray you are on their side…

Finlands sak är vår!

1:30 It is extremely likely that Leningrad's security was merely an excuse to exercise Russian, in this case Soviet Russian, imperialism on Finland. The whole premise behind Stalin's "fear", a naval invasion of Finland by England or Germany, followed by a push through the country, through the narrow Karelain Isthmus and finally into Leningrad itself, made no military sense at all (particularly with the Russian air and naval bases in the Baltic States) and such an attempt would never have succeeded. What is far more likely, and this is backed up by a myriad of events before, during and after the Winter War, is that Stalin's demands against the Finns were only the tip of the iceberg, designed to weaken the country for upcoming annexation, exactly as happened in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, who did accept Stalin's demands. 4:00 I think this is getting a little imaginative. While it is true that there are plenty of roads designed with a potential military use in mind, the bulk of these roads have real peacetime civilian use and they've been constructed for that use. The population density on the Russian side of the border is definitely not the same as it is on the Finnish side of the border: especially after WW2 the Russians collectivised the native East Karelians, which depopulated the smaller villages of the entire region. Sometimes these villages may have been physically razed to the ground, as happened on the Karelian Isthmus. This meant the death of the elaborate road network and most of it was left to the forces of nature for decades, even more so after the collapse of the USSR. Compare that to the Finnish side of the border where the bulk of the country is dotted by inhabited villages and farms. c. 10:00 Regarding FDF doctrine, service rates (how many men of their respective birthyears serve) and women in the army, due to budget cuts c. 2010 the FDF had to reinvent itself with a guerrilla doctrine. Now with better funding and joining NATO, the doctrine is likely already in the process of being radically revamped. That is not to say the FDF won't still be capable of guerrilla-style operations; it absolutely will be. The bulk of Finnish men may have served in the military, but yearly service rates are down to 60% or less; 2022 saw the training of only 19,600 conscripts, and likely only about 14,600 of those actually finished service. The service rate's been going down for decades. In the 1950s it was over 90%. There are scarcely any women in frontline roles, "women training to be marksmen" is certainly a cherrypicked point when it's probably like 5 women out of 10,000 guys (not a real statistic, just making a point). 11:00 You're quoting the current wartime strength of 280,000 as the standing army. That is not the standing army. First let's make a couple of things clear, since earlier you also called the FDF a professional military. A professional military consists of the people employed by the military: the people who do that for a living, for a career, not the people conscripted to serve in it for X amount of months. The FDF is a conscription-based military, meaning it has a small professional core of soldiers employed by the FDF; mostly the brass and then the people who train the conscripts and the people who manage everything required for that. The exact opposite of a professional military. The US has a professional military, as does Germany, the UK, France, and so on. Finland does not. The standing military (army, navy, air force) is about 8,400 professionals. Wikipedia claims the standing military is 24,000 strong, based on a 2023 figure, but that's including all conscripts who entered service. Each year about 5,000 of those drop out before finishing service and realistically only those nearing the end of their service in June or December can be considered as combat-ready almost off the bat (without requiring extensive extra training). So realistically the standing military is around 8,400-19,000 strong, depending on the time of year. As for the reserve, first we have to understand what that is in the context of a conscription-based military: The reserve is simply the amount of men who have completed conscription who are under a certain age (in the Finnish case, 50 for rank and file, 60 for NCOs and COs, and there is no age limit for generals). Currently that is about 870,000 men. Of that 870,000, there are wartime roles prepared for 280,000 men, along with the materiel and munitions stored required to kit those 280,000 men. That is the wartime reserve. Now, in reality it's actually closer to 260,000, because they did some "cooking of the books" c. 2015 by including the border guards and some other organisations into the wartime strength, that would have been mobilised during war anyway, just not as a part of what is understood to be the FDF's wartime reserve. Currently there's probably enough materiel to equip about 500,000 men if so desired. Incidentally, in the early 1980s the total reserve was some 1,200,000 men while the wartime reserve was some 750,000 men. It's only gone down since, with the exception of the c. 2015 raise from 230,000 to 280,000. Note also that in the event of mobilisation some refreshner training is to be expected even if belonging to the current wartime reserve. 29:20 There's also the Murmansk Railway (Kirov Railway). Granted, I don't know what your definition of "viable link" is. The railway was certainly viable in WW2. I hope I didn't come off as too harsh. I think accurate information is paramount, otherwise a well-intended message can sound like nothing but propaganda to a well-informed listener.

I mean this is the country that developed the Nokia 3310/3315. Those phones alone would be effective projectiles

A slight correction about our air force. The FAF currently operates no Gripen jets. The Gripen-E was a candidate as a replacement to our current jet fighter. The F/A 18 Hornet. Not Super Hornet. And the F/A 18 is slated to be replaced by the F-35 in a few years.

In 2022 during a joint exercise with US Marines, they had a war game against each other. At one point during it, a bunch of American helicopters landed right next to a Finnish command point. Although these command points are not well suited for this kind of encounters, the Finnish conscripts moved to their positions and engaged the US Marines and a firefight ensued. The marines had been taken by total surprise and were not aware of landing right next to a CP, because it was so well camouflaged. In the end, the CP consisting mainly of communications personnel managed to neutralize the marines.

I couldn't get into military due to my medical condition, but I love to listen people talking about their conscription times and where they'll be stationed if war was to break. I remember when I asked my dad and few relatives whom were drunk at that point of where they'll be stationed and word to word the answers went as following: "Dad: I'll be guarding the closest radio station, but honestly I'm there just to scout the best bush to take cover in 'cause those are first to go." Then he was silent for a second and slammed his hand to the table and went "How the fuck it's my fault that my spotter pointed on a wrong target? As a sniper I could at least lay down..." "My aunts husband: Well, at least you know which bush to dive in. I'll be dropped into bumfuck nowhere behind the enemy lines for sabotage. At least I can finally make that C4 dildo and blow shit up." "My dad's best fiend: Welp! I'll just do exactly the same shit I do daily anyways." (He's a truck driver) Then there was my friend who had been silent all the time and the guys asked about him and he just calmly asked "Is any of you in the Jaeger-regiment? Oh, okay... Well, then it's classified. I never get to speak about these things."

Finnish artillery, Norwegian Royal Navy, Swedish tech and air power, Danish special forces - with a nuclear shield and great big check from Uncle Sam. That’s a FAFO invitation.

Worth mentioning is that even before NATO it were quite likely that an attack on Denmark, Norway, Finland or Sweden, would be an attack on all of us, and we would all react to it as one. Also, we have not all built our armies around defending our countries against agressors... But, rather, we have built our armies around defending our countries against *one* specific agressor...

not only is finland now part of NATO we are also part of the EU and the eu defence clause has a stronger wording than the Nato one. Nato article 5 states "individually and in concert with the other Parties, such action as it deems necessary" and the EU one is "Member States shall have towards it an obligation of aid and assistance by all the means in their power" (EU article 42)

Holy smokes this was a solid take on the topic, first video I've seen from you and every second was worth the watch. Keep it up man, great content.

As a Florida Man I get the mosquitoes issues and I didn't realize all these details. Hopefully y'all will never have to use them but always good to have with that country east of you. In the same spirit. Slava Ukraine..I feel for all of you. Your defense is our defense.

our secret is that the mosquitoes are 50% of the defense. they are a different kind of psychological warfare xDD

I'm from Finland. Finland is pretty much 100% forests, swamps and lakes which means it's very difficult to move tanks and other armored vehicles here unlike in Ukraine where the terrain is flat and tanks and troops can move forward freely. Also we destroy every bridge in east to make sure enemy can't advance using them. So their tanks have to use roads, and trust me, they will be defended.

"The Soviet invasion was almost three times larger than the Allied landing at Normandy on D-Day." -Ben Strout That was the scale when Stalin's huge army tried to annex unprepared Finland. The Finns won almost all of the battles but lost the war (mainly because they were out of ammo). The outcome was a moral victory for the Finns and a Pyrhhic victory for the Soviet Union. The funniest thing is that the Finns didn't even have a proper army back then because they thought there are no need for an army and they could live in peace if they just stay neutral and sign a non-aggression pact (Stalin tricked and broke the deal)

Bang for your buck, Finland might have the best military in the world, they get a lot for what they spend compared to anyone it would seem.

During my mandatory conscription training in support duty, one of the main things that was drilled into us was that we had to move constantly. That we should not stay in one location preferably more than 24 hours or so. We'd make camp and then break it, night or day. It sure sucked to have to setup/breakup everything over and over again, but we sure could stay mobile.

A simple definition of guerilla warfare is that your weaknesses are your strengths. If they're a big, powerful army and you're tiny - they're easy to hit, you're easy to hit. They require millions of dollars a day to fight, you only require thousands. Russia's command is practically mediaeval: as a grunt, you will be trained and permitted to, pretty much, only shoot and throw grenades and die. Anything more complex than that requires officers. The reason why so many Russian colonels and generals and such - very high-ranking officers - were getting killed in the Ukraine war was simply because, unlike in any modern army, these guys were at the front doing telling vatniks where to put mortar tubes, machine gun nests, and trenches - stuff that lieutenants and sergeants would be doing in a sane army.

Finland is most certainly a nighmare for ANY mechanized army to attack regardless of how competent the potential enemy would be. The terrain with forests, lakes and swamps create bottlenecks that will negate any enemy advantage in speed and maneuver by the heavier units. The abundance of artillery fires not only in guns but also in mortars comes from the fact that while the finnish infantry was extremely good at encircling soviet formations in Winter and Continuation war, the lack of sufficient and portable firepower prevented the finns from destroying those formations and instead forced them to attack them head on. No such problem exists nowadays as Finland possess anywhere between 800 to 1500 heavy mortars to complement a strong artillery park.

And let's not forget that even without Nato a war with Finland would mean a war with all nordics.

Putin sat down at the chessboard thinking he was a grand master. 😂

I think the video is bit wrong about the landscape of Finland. The lakes, swamps and lack of major roads make it much harder to invade not to mention to dense forests. Perhaps the one who made the video didnt remember how vulnerable soviet supply lines were on these roads. Entire divisions wiped away in matter of days

The current Finnish fighter fleet is not Super Hornets but legacy Hornets, now being replaced with F-35s. The caverns and bunkers deep in the bedrock that can withstand any number of direct nuclear blast are not just in Helsinki but literally everywhere. As a child in the suburbs I didn't fully comprehend their grave purpose, or didn't know that the pillbox-like structures within some 200 meters or so from any residential building each had a passageway to the caverns below. Those caverns were fun places, with gyms and swimming pools and karate dojos and what have you (during peacetime). And mysterious inaccessible tunnels branching off, probably for military purposes.

i've been i northern finland. the mosquitos are huge and everywhere, lol. i was there for 2 months 2012 and 2019, 2012 was the worst. my whole body was covered in red spots

There are no East-West highways in Finland. For a reason. There's always some kind of a small road in between that can be blown up. And it's kind of a bother if you're travelling across country. But there's a reason for that.

1am and I have never been happier for an upload

I've worked a lot with Finns in my career, and they are some of the most intelligent, no-nonsense, effective people I've ever met. Then I found out they all have their military training as default, just their culture. I found it strange at that time that a modern country would still have that. Then Russia invaded Ukraine and it all made sense. I wouldn't want to be in a war against Finland

As a Finn, I really liked this video. I have used a lot of odd tactics in different games and foreign people have asked "Why you'd do it like that" and I simply reply "Because I'm a Finn" trying to imply to them, that we can fight if Russia's leaders decide to be dumb once again, but we fight with our own style :D

No worries about the cold plunge either. The Finnish bunker infrastructure is so large that they are using some of them to house data centres. The reason is not safety, but that it's freakin' cold down there and chilled water is always available. So, I bet they have chilled pools down there too. BTW, Europe's LUMI large supercomputer is based in Finland.

The Finnish air force does operates neither Super Hornets nor Gripens. It flies F/A 18 C Hornets but has agreed on a deal to replace them with F--35s.

Think of it this way, if Russia invaded, they would have to be shitting their pants that there is a little green faced grim reaper behind every rock and tree. Their tanks and armored vehicles most likely wouldn't make it 30 km over the border before being obliterated, as Finns (paired with the harsh terrain) are probably some of the most effective tank killers in the world. Also, basically every part of the Finnish combat forces are trained and set up to be HIGHLY mobile, meaning that if you are an attacking enemy, 9 times out of 10 you are going to die without ever getting to retaliate, which would be extremely demoralizing as you could imagine. There is much more factors as well, some I know which are quite secretive, but the bottom line is that Finland punches far above its own weight.

20:03 That's my ship. The ship I served on. 9 months. Good times. It was the flagship of the Finnish Navy 12 years ago when I lived there.

Russia does NOT have three million soldiers. That number includes ALL service personnel and ALL reserves. The actual army is only around 500k men.

The Koskenkorva ad (Finnish vodka) that RU-vid added was just perfect! :D

I was bummed at first cause I was super tired when I got the notification but then happily fell asleep to it when I realized I it'd be like a present to wake up to 😆 Project Icarus talking about all the cans of whoopass Finland can open on Russia is caffeine in audio form lol love the Finns 🇺🇸💙🇫🇮

Great video overall, which was well worth the wait. That being said, I take a few issues with the part explaining how potential self-irradiation could deter Russia from using nukes. While it is indeed the case that Russia's second largest city is the only city that matters in Russia besides Moscow, but after over two years of witnessing Putin's, and by extension whole of Russia's aggressive, malevolent and suicidal insanity, I doubt Putin would hesitate to sacrifice Petersburg if he believed it would help him accomplish whatever insane goal he may have in his mind. Heck, he would probably not even mind seeing Moscow turning into a pile of rubble, so long as he could live on and continue ruling over the ruins. That is also leaving aside the fact that it is possible to use nukes without causing mass irradiation, if they are detonated in mid-air, the way it was done in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which were since rebuilt and aren't affected by any radiation. Irradiation as a result of a nuclear explosion could happen only if the nuke is detonated on the surface. Bottom line is, the only thing that would keep Putin from deploying nukes on Finland, or anywhere else, is his fear that such an act could trigger a chain of events that will speed up his own demise. Any other considerations, including the lives of Russian citizens, are of no consequence to him.

As a Finn, the background work for this is beyond impressive. It has stuff and military tactics what similar videos on the topic don't even think about. Many of these things aren't even broadly available in English. Bravo

Fun fact: These underground bunkers/shelters are used as indoors sports falicities during peacetime. As a result, there’s plenty of room for indoor sports in all major Finnish cities.

Just to be clear, Finland has hornets, not super hornets. Also Finland opted for the F-35 in the future, so Finnish pilots won't be trained to use the Gripen

"Russia has the best destroyers in the world apparently. They're all capable of instantly transforming into submarines."

This video forgot one very important thing. Civilians in Finland have a lot of weapons. The number of legal guns in relation to the population is one of the largest in the world. Powerful hunting weapons and semi-automatic rifles. No Russian occupier would live anywhere in Finland for more than a few minutes... Bulletproof vests do not protect when the hunter has a rifle with good optics. If you are within 300 meters then you die. The cartridges needed to bring down big game are freely available for purchase with a gun license.

Great video! Love the diss at Putin about building infrastructure within Russian territory as opposed to expanding Russian territory by destroying infrastrastructure in another territory x)

Yep, just 150km to St Petersburg. But 80yrs ago is was all much closer to the border. If we're fair, Finland made peace on unfavourable terms twice with the USSR between 1939 - 45. _(In fact, I've noticed quite a few unusual errors in this video. I do expect better at Icarus tbh.)_

I happen to live 20km from the border and the environment here is beautiful.

What is often forgotten in this type of videos is the bond us Finns have that we make in our mandatory military service which adds a lot to the fighting spirit. Its highly possible if we need to defend our country that we do it with the same folks we did our mandatory in the same brigade. In my town i have atleast 5 of them living 😃 Damn we had some fun in our mandatory service 😂

This war you are talking about, which is known in Finland as Talvisota(The winter war) had actually a really good effect on finnish people. It united the nation divided by the previous Finnish civil war. It's really good that they survived those wars and now they are fighting with nato if something happen's. In another case I could be dead (or Russian).

Funland has 24 airports including 6 military ones and about the same number of paved spare air strips. No Gripens wouldn't be operating from gravel roads.

Love your content, informative and funny - plenty of good info while thoroughly entertaining to watch. Kudos.

Finnish winter war general Adolf Ehrnrooth visited Great Britain in 1970's. British general asked number of soviet troops posted in finland. "Over couple 100 000" Ehrnrooth responded. "Where" british general asked. "6 feet under, across the border" said Ehrnrooth.

Consider that this boarder has remained stable for 80 years, with not one single hint of hostility from the Finish side, Russia has nothing to fear, even if Finland did Ally with a stronger country. So the real question is, why motivate Finland to formalize such an alliance with a stronger country by making threats and attacking other countries that border Russia?

It's called shoot and Scoot it's where self-propelled artillery fires off a volley and then move on to the next location.

As a finn and having been through the army highways goin east- west are made to be hell for invaders. Roads not making corners for 10's of kilometres and bends being behind hills make it so you can bottleneck your enemies with no problems.

Finland calls, Martin. It never forgets. The drive must continue.

When it comes to geography, Finland is basically like a maze. The lakes, marshes, swamps, forests and valleys make it so that there are surprisingly few actually traversable areas, and larger movements are easy to predict because there aren't that many options. Especially in eastern Finland, most larger roads in the countryside and forests are built so that they are significantly elevated from the surrounding terrain, which is intended to force Russian columns to stay on the roads. This quite literally forces the Russians to take a pre-determined path that is a few meters wide at best. Another thing worth mentioning is total defense as part of Finnish defense doctrine. Finnish society and the economy are organized so that they can very quickly be fully mobilized to support the war effort. Basically every company with any industrial capacity has a predefined role in the war economy. Every governmental entity also has a role and as for all I know most of them also have extremely detailed action plans for what exactly they will do if a war breaks out.

Actually Finnish Air Force *does not have* Super Hornets, but currently C and D types of regular F-18's, which are pretty well updated, even with latest ground attack missiles. F-35's in the future (Eurofighter Typhoon would have been my favourite) Greets from a Finn that lives 25km away from Russian border. ✊🇫🇮

LET'S GO! iCARUS POSTED!

If this video is correct, it sounds like Finland's military should be a gold standards for the other European militaries.

It would be good to mention that Finns have instated the Total Defense Doctrine, meaning every facet of the society is geared towards war time economy during an invasion.

Common sense would dictate that walking into an unknow forest and trying to fight people who live there might not be the play

The real question, should Russia invade Finland, is how much land would Finland end up gaining?

Artillery is one of the main factors in Finlands defense. Finland's army has trained to focus all types of artillery within range to a single spot in a short notice. This includes shooting with varying elevations to get the shell impacts on a very small time window.

Finland's border to Russia: interwoven with honeycombed trails spanning from their gulf to above the arctic circle designed for hit-and-run maneuvers Russia's border to Finland: f'king NOTHING but untouched forests and swamps Very classic Russia; if it isn't St. Petey or Muscovy, they can't even try to care or care for the importance of infrastructure.

Wait, are you Swedish or Finnish ?? That "slogan" on the t-shirt is the oldest meme about russia we have here in Sweden. That the biggest defensive force protecting Sweden from russia is the Finnish army :P

Those forest roads are gravel and have nothing to do with airplanes, they are for logging trucks

Southern Finland is full of bridges and hard to pass terrain, invading force would be met by blown up bridges and those narrow routes that cant be demolitioned are covered by one of the largest artillery forces in the world 👍 and the mentioned finnish road system is heavily designed towards north - south connections instead of east - west, allowing defenders to flank, reinforce, strike and flee with far greater efficiency than an invading force can invade

Despite a ton of errors and inaccuracies you miracuosly made mostly correct conclusions! 😮😅

As a finnish man, I began preparing mentally for the actual possibility of having to go to the frontlines, soon after the war in Ukraine started. It made me realize that all the things learned in the army, might have to be used in a real combat situation. And i prefer to be mentally ready if or when it starts. Going to war feeling unprepared would probably feel awefull.

One thing that rarely gets mentioned is Finnish resilience against Russian propaganda, which in contrast works well against ex-soviet states and always lays the ground work for invasion. Finns are in nature generally mild-tempered and sceptical, which makes instigating riots and internal conflict more difficult. The population is well-educated due to accessible high quality public education, which in turn helps with detecting and stopping the spread of misinformation.

Sweden and the other Nordic Countries are ready to defense Finland immediatly.

All hail Simo Häyhä, the White Death!

We Finns say "Don't F'ck with us!"

You forgot one thing. All Bridges and Roads are made to be disabled easy if Russia would attack. Everything is built with destructon in mind. And as Finland is a ountry with 187,888 lakes and many have bridges between them. all it takes is to blow up one bridge and a motorized attack is done. Same with train tracks. Usually road ways goes over train tracks over bridges. one stack of dynamite and the road is blocking the railway with little chance to clear the rubble because of Finnish artillery. Railroad tracks goes over water between islands and you guessed it easy to permanently disable the railroad.

It feels like it's been so long since your last, fascinating video. Thanks for another seriously high quality upload!

The Snow: [Starts speaking Finnish]

so, the trees haven't really ever stopped speaking Finnish. And on top of that, they now have the added mobility of modern armor? I pity the fool trying to invade that stretch of forestland :D

"Invading first" is what Russia has been doing for the last 300 years. St. Petersburg was built in the early 1700s on a stolen territory, populated by Ugro-FINNIC populations and under the Swedish Empire. Moscow invaded it and annexed it "to protect its borders" (And gain access to the Black Sea). Then, in 1939, Moscow invaded Finland again to expand its territory or, "to protect its borders", stealing another 120 km out from St. Petersburg. According to the Russian doctrine, Russia has no borders, as its borders end when those borders are "safe". According to Russian doctrine, its borders end on the Atlantic coast of Portugal. And about the Pacific side, Alaska also is a Russian territory, and as such, it has a dangerous border with the USA, therefore its border, the Russian border, goes all the way down to Mexico. This is what Russians are taught in their Moscow School for International Affairs, where they "educate" the future diplomatic personnel and the FSB personnel.

As a Finnish person who has an Ukrainian girlfriend this video but our minds to ease because we been scared of Russia attacking to Finland but with this video i got alot of information that even i a Finnish person did not know or think about

In the middle of First Block right now, and just received the notifications for this video, without a doubt, just had to click on it 😂 Your videos are more informative than the Global Politics course 👍👍👍

Building roads is something that never entered a russian orks mind, roads are something everyone else builds. Russian orks just take them and tell everyone they built them.

I never knew that about Finnish road systems even though I am fin very nicely done!