"The NATO Lake is crucial for our security. Because, of course, Finland has joined NATO fully and Finland is one of the biggest military powers in our region.

Swedish police officers are probing a suspected sabotage incident on the island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea—which is playfully now dubbed by some Western officials as the "NATO lake." Newsweek ...

Flags of NATO (L) and Sweden at Harpsund, the country retreat of Swedish prime ministers, on June 13, 2022. Sweden joining the alliance have led many to describe the Baltic Sea as a NATO lake.

This premier NATO exercise has been conducted since 1972, with the next iteration in a few weeks. ... the Baltic Sea has been dubbed a “NATO lake” by some analysts.

There's discussion that, eventually, the Baltic Sea will become a, quote, "NATO lake," meaning in a war-like situation, Russia will not have passage through it. KELLY: Eleanor, ...

Before NATO membership, “you could do it technically but, politically, you couldn’t plan to do that,” he said. Soldiers, submarines, 5G While benefitting from NATO’s protection, Stockholm and Helsinki ...

Finally, look for NATO to use its Baltic lake to put pressure on tiny Kaliningrad, which acts as a geographic wedge between NATO’s Baltic states — Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania — and the ...

In May, Finland’s former intelligence chief declared that when his country and Sweden join the alliance, “The Baltic Sea Will Become a NATO Lake.” Nordic defense professionals have since highlighted ...

Since Finland and Sweden’s accession to NATO, the narrative around Baltic security among alliance members has been almost triumphant. The Baltic Sea has been described as a ‘NATO lake’ and various ...

Putin’s Next Target May Be the ‘NATO Lake’ Coming exercises in the Baltic Sea will give the alliance a chance to work Finland and Sweden into its complex web of defenses. May 9, 2024 at 12: ...