Finland’s military blocked a Chinese bid to buy an Arctic airport for climate research flights
The airfield's proximity to Rovajärvi, Europe's largest artillery range, may have been decisive in scuttling the plan.
The Finnish Defence Forces spurned an offer by the Chinese Polar Research Institute to buy or rent Kemijärvi airport over security reasons, according to YLE Lappi, a regional branch of Finland’s state broadcaster, which broke the the story that had previously been kept off public records.
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