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Country of about 5.5 million aiming to increase number of ranges from 670 to 1000 by 2030 to promote shooting as part of .
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Football, ice hockey ... shooting? Finland hopes hobby will boost national defence
Nato’s newest member, which shares 830-mile border with Russia, plans to open hundreds of new shooting ranges
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More on FIN's National Defence Training Association ...... Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the popularity of voluntary training courses aimed at teaching reservists and civilians how to defend Finland has doubled. There has also been a big increase in the number of Finns applying for gun licences.
Last year the Finnish defence training and education association MPK put on 116,000 training days, a significant increase on previous years when there were usually about 50,000 ...
National Defence Training Association of Finland - Wikipedia
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What is the MPK? - The National Defence Training Association of Finland MPK
Voluntary defence training in Finland The National Defence Training Association of Finland, (MPK) established in 1993, is a national training organisation, which trains and educates citizens to be prepared for and to survive dangerous situations in everyday life and under exceptional conditions...
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Voluntary national defence
Voluntary national defence and the coordination of voluntary national defence measures in various administrative sectors fall within the purview of the Ministry of Defence. It is the Ministry’s duty to manage, supervise and develop voluntary military training.
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