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Maanpuolustuksen Ja Turvallisuuden OSTO-OPAS 1/2017 5 AlsoAlso inin English!English! MAANPUOLUSTUKSEN JA TURVALLISUUDEN OSTO-OPAS DEFENCE AND SECURITY BUYER ’S GUIDE 1 • 2017 Digimarkkinointi on tätä päivää Suomen Sotilaan Facebook-yhteisö on kasvanut jo yli 43 000 seuraajaan. Käy katsomassa www.facebook.com/suomensotilas. 3 Euroopan puolustuksen kehittäminen Merkittävä osa Euroopan valtioista ajoi alas sotilaallista kykyään takavuosina. Asevelvol- lisuusarmeijat muutettiin paria poikkeusta lukuun ottamatta kylmän sodan päätyttyä am- mattiarmeijoiksi, joiden suunniteltiin operoivan kansainvälisissä tehtävissä – ei niinkään Kustantaja: kotimaan puolustuksessa. Maiden puolustusvoimat pienenivät merkittävästi ja puolustuk- seen käytettävien varojen määrää leikattiin absoluuttisesti ja suhteellisesti. 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