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according to finnish media reports on september 17, nato plans to establish two headquarters in finland. in addition to the nordic army command announced in april this year, a new forward ground force headquarters will be added. this move shows that finland and other nordic countries are accelerating their integration into the nato camp and reshaping europe's defense pattern.

leopard 2 main battle tank equipped by the finnish army.

according to reports, the nordic army command will be located in the city of mikkeli in southern finland and will be under the jurisdiction of the nato joint forces command in norfolk, the united states. the total force under its jurisdiction is about 80,000. the first batch of command and staff personnel are composed of finnish officers and dozens of officers from other nato countries. the number of deployments will gradually increase in the future. the forward ground forces command is planned to be located in rovaniemi or sodankyla in northern finland. the swedish defense minister recently announced that sweden will play a coordinating role in the establishment of nato's new forward ground forces command and assume leadership responsibilities for the new command.

analysts pointed out that the newly established forward ground force headquarters is particularly meaningful in terms of its location, command objects and leadership structure.

in terms of establishment location, the forward ground force command is located in the lapland region within the arctic circle, which is the geographical intersection of northern europe and eastern europe. this means that northern europe and the arctic region are gradually becoming the new focus of nato defense. in addition, there are already rovaniemi air base and multiple army camps and facilities in the area, where the us military plans to deploy at least one f-35a fighter squadron. the establishment of the forward ground forces command will accelerate the formation of a new layout of nato forces.

in terms of command objects, the forward ground forces belong to the first-level combat readiness force in nato's three-level combat readiness system and have the characteristics of rapid deployment. currently, finland is discussing with the united states, britain, norway and other countries on the deployment of personnel in the forward ground force command. it is expected that the number of personnel in the forward ground force command will increase to more than a thousand during wartime.

in terms of leadership structure, the forward ground force command is led by sweden, which is based on the consideration that "finland needs to focus on southern border defense" and can further promote the division of labor and optimization of the nato command system.

analysts pointed out that since finland joined nato in april 2023, nato, led by the united states, has stepped up its militarization transformation in an attempt to promote europe's eastern flank to become the forefront of the great power game. in order to achieve nato's goal of defense spending accounting for 2% of gdp, finland recently proposed an additional allocation of 67 million euros (approximately 74.64 million u.s. dollars) at the budget meeting. this move triggered protests in the country and the finnish government faced considerable challenges. pressure. in the future, the specific operation of nato's two commands in finland still needs further observation.