NATO and Finnish officials told Newsweek it is unlikely, but possible, that Helsinki could help host the alliance's nuclear deterrent.
that Helsinki's priorities lay with its conventional forces, which will immediately become among the largest and best equipped in the alliance upon joining.
Haavisto suggested that Finland, like other recent new members, is unlikely to be asked to host the alliance's nuclear deterrent."When you look at countries who have nuclear weapons, they have very restrictive policies on how to handle those," he said."I haven't seen that NATO would put nuclear weapons close to outer borders."
Sauer said Finland's future membership of the planning group"doesn't mean that we would have the weapons."
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