🇩🇰Denmark signs contract with Saab for additional 84mm Carl-Gustaf M4 recoilless rifles, ammunition and training equipment worth 450m DKK (47m EUR) as a follow up on the first M4 order in 2022. The Danish Army had 1,117 Carl-Gustaf M2 and M3 by the end of the #Coldwar

Lest we forget They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them

The Danish MOD announced the interim solution for short/medium range air defence has been converted into permanent confirming acquisition of (Altinget): 2 x NASAMS (Kongsberg) i.e. not leased 2 x IRIS-T SLM (Diehl) 2 x MICA (MBDA) In additon (long range) 2 x SAMP/T (MBDA)

Very interesting talk! It is a bit of "pears & apples" as it mixes capability at strategic, operational & tactical levels as e.g. Napoleon vs Schwartzenberg vs Wellington in 1813-1815, or excellent corps commanders, who would fail at Army (multi-corps) level command like Ney

🇩🇰 Hjemmeværnet (Home Guard) will get more equipment for the many new volunteers: - M25 C8 MRR rifles - SpecterDR for rifles and LMGs - CG M4 recoilles rifles - VooDoo-B thermal cameras - M18 night vision gogles - Backpack M17, 35 L - TYR tactical vests - Sleeping bags, etc www.fmi.dk/da/nyheder/2...

According to Altinget, the 🇩🇰Danish Ministry of Defence is looking for an interim solution for long range air defence until SAMP/T NG will be delivered by 2028 - and the leading candidate for renting or acquiring one battery is: Patriot (!) www.altinget.dk/forsvar/arti...

Two 🇩🇪German Patriot batteries funded largely by 🇳🇴Norway, 🇩🇰Denmark and 🇱🇹Lithuania has been delivered to 🇺🇦Ukraine as part of the below important initiative.

GlobalEye for 🇩🇰 is still being considered according to an interview with Saab CEO on 24 October: “We have interest from NATO, from Germany and from Denmark, and a number of other countries are looking into our GlobalEye system,” H/t @corporalfrisk.com www.flightglobal.com/defence/denm...

Interestingly, the 🇩🇰Danish Ministry of Defence is now starting to announce what we are NOT acquiring…. This time it is the 🇮🇱Israeli BARAK MX system we will not acquire as “stop-gap” GBAD. www.fmn.dk/da/nyheder/2...

#OTD 24 October 1808 the Danish fortress at Christiansø island in the Baltic under the commandant Johan Henrik August von Kohl, beats off an attack by a Royal Navy squadron of 2 ships- of-line and 6 frigates. #navalhistory

Nej, DR, 2 store fejl: “Ifølge dansk lovgivning må der ikke være atomvåben på dansk jord, ligesom Danmark ikke må råde over atomvåben.” 1: ikke 🇩🇰 lovgivning - kun politik siden 1957 der kan ændres 2: kun i fredstid. Man øvede brug af atomvåben i krigstid med våben placeret i 🇩🇪

Bravo 🇸🇪Sweden! Bravo 🇺🇦Ukraine! Lets focus on how these can be financed and not least how to stop gap immediately with fighter planes until the 100-150 Gripen E becomes available.

The ARCTIC SEA - a weird vessel hijacking off the 🇸🇪island of Gotland 6 Oct 2009 & I was interviewed by Swedish Radio. It got weirder when the Russian Navy chased it & caught it off the Cape Verde Islands. 2 week's ago a "hijacker" was arrested - Looking forward to the book 😉👇🏻link

#OTD 20 October 1808 21 🇩🇰🇳🇴gunboats, commanded by Captain Krieger, attacks a British convoy in the southern part of the Sound. The convoy consisting of 137 merchant vessels is escorted by the ship-of-line HMS AFRICA, 1 bombardment ship & 2 brigs. HMS AFRICA is severely damaged. #Navalhistory

The production of rifles in 🇩🇰 as per below starts materialising with a project coordinated by DAMRC (Danish Advanced Manufacturing Research Center) with 20 companies planning to be able to produce up to 40,000 rifles. The last 🇩🇰 infantry weapon was produced by DISA in 1962.

This is a quite interesting move in the Nord Stream 2 story where there are many layers of information, disinformation and manipulation…

The 🇩🇰Army has participated in the KNIGHT NAMAJS 25 exercise, a combined national 🇱🇻 and NATO exercise with the 🇩🇰-led Multinational Division North. The 🇩🇰 contribution of 1,500 trooos consisted of division CO & staff, CO & staff of the 1st Brigde & one mechanised btn (Forsvaret)

Forceit sea mines as I guessed in March: According to the Finnish Ministry of Defence a 🇫🇮Finnish-led joint 🇫🇮🇩🇰🇳🇴🇩🇪🇱🇹procurement of the Forceit Blocker Influence Sea Mine System is being planned as part of the Naval Mines Cooperation (NMC).

Denmark participates in the nuclear exercise Stedfast Noon with 4 F-35 and Host Nation Support. During the Cold War the Danish Air Force was tasked to strike WAPA air bases, supply areas and logistic hubs with tactical nuclear weapons. www.forsvaret.dk/da/nyheder/2...

#OTD 12 October 1813 a Danish force under General Vichery defeated von Walmoden's troops at Rosengarten. The Jyske Regiment Lette Dragoner routed the 2nd "Black" Hussar Regiment of the Russo-German Legion inflicting 60 dead & wounded & 47 prisoners against 2 dead & 3 wounded.

In a surprise move 🇩🇰Denmark today changed the order with 🇸🇪BAE Systems Hägglunds to upgrade the existing 44 CV9035DK to acquire 44 new CV CV9035IIIC to create a uniform fleet of 159 CV9035IIIC for the 1st Brigade. A donation to 🇺🇦Ukraine of the old CV90 is not unlikely. www.fmn.dk/da/nyheder/2...

Part 2 of the 🇩🇰Arctic defence agreement was announced today with a budget of 27.4bn DKK (3.7bn EUR). The maritime part constitutes 22.3bn DKK or 81%, but also includes P-8 maritime patrol aircraft in cooperation with a NATO ally. 🇳🇴Norway is a good and logic candidate.

Today’s 🇩🇰decision to acquire 16 F-35 at a cost of 29bn DKK (3.9bn EUR) is the Low option and will not reach the originally planned 48. However, the High option discussed would take RDAF back to similar to the total F-16 fleet but at an almost prohibitive cost.

🇩🇰Danish Leopard 2A7 MBTs on the firing range in 🇱🇻Latvia (Photos: Danish Army)

According to TV2 the new Part 2 of the Arctic defence agreement will include: 2 additional Arctic frigates (total 5) Maritime Patrol aircraft (reportedly P-8) Icebreaking “capacity” Drones Radars New military HQ in Nuuk Naval facilities in Nuuk Army Arctic regiment

#OTD 7 October 1813 at Weisser Hirsch in Mecklenburg a force of the Danish Auxiliary Corps defeats troops from Freikorps von Lützow and Russian cossacks. Infantry from Slesvigske Infanteriregiment stopped the enemy, which was routed by two hussar squadrons.

Når man starter som mortérmand når man langt! Tillykke til vores gamle DF/TMT med stillingen som chef for Forsvarsstaben og Viceforsvarschef. Fremad Paa Nye!

Denmark has assigned two F-35 for air operations in Poland and Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and eastern Baltic Sea as part of the NATO operation Eastern Sentry. The Danish frigate F363 Niels Juel will also be deployed to the area.

The recent drone incidents in Denmark were almost exactly 3 years after drones flew near and above 🇩🇰Danish and 🇳🇴Norwegian oil & gas platforms. The large drones were most likely launched from Russian trawlers. Three years warning to act and prepare.

Danish Defence Intelligence Service (DDIS) has published an updated threat assessment and it is as expected if “conventional military threat” means invasion. It also states “It is highly likely that the hybrid threat from Russia against NATO will increase in the coming years.”

According to Danish TV2 the ship yard to build the 4 🇩🇰 multi-purpose minelaying & environmental vessels has been selected - Karstensens Skibsværft in Skagen, which built the Knud Rasmussen Arctic patrol vessels for the Danish Navy

🇩🇰Danish, 🇸🇪Swedish and 🇳🇴Norwegian Police works closely together in Copenhagen to secure the EU Summit in a operation planned for a long time. In a similar way, the three police forces worked together at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden.

So my boss is now the "hawkish Dane", while I am the "more careful Finnish defence expert" 😂 It seems everything depends on whether you are in Tallinn or Copenhagen 😎

Denmark’s drone humiliation weakens us all - important comment by @edwardlucas.bsky.social “But it has been “sleepwalking” when it comes to its domestic security, says Hans Tino Hansen, a hawkish Dane who runs Risk Intelligence, a consultancy.” www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

As a consequence of the drone sightings and associated activities and emphazising the severity of the situation 🇩🇰Danish defence has activated several hundred reservists according to Danish TV2. Maybe it is time for more including some of us oldtimers to rejoin the reserves.

Due to recent drone operations in Dennark and the upcoming EU Summit in Copenhagen there will be a no-fly zone for all private & commercial drones over Danish territory from Monday 29 September 1000 CEST to Friday 3 October 2359 CEST. Penalty will be up to 2 years prison. Link 👇🏻

Decent view four years ago…

Dette er en af de dummeste historier jeg har set blandt mange de seneste dage. Nej, et skib kan IKKE slukke for noget så det “forsvinder”. Man kan følge ALLE skibe med RF og/eller SAR uanset hvor det sejler hen - desuden lå det ud for Marineudkigsstation Føllesbjerg 👀

Well, well 👇🏻

The bulk of the 🇸🇪-led NATO FLF Brigade in Northern 🇫🇮 will be composed of units already part of 🇸🇪 Norbotten Brigade (NMekB 19). It also mentions 🇳🇴 & 🇩🇰 troops, where the latter is slightly surprising given Danish focus on Latvia & current lack of growth in combat units www.iltalehti.fi/politiikka/a...

The Atlantic article forgets to inform the reader that SAMP/T actually had overtaken Patriot as the favorite for quite some time and tries to imply the pausing from the US side led to the French getting the 🇩🇰order. Nice try…. H/t @bjoernm.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

Today, I made a quick visit to the former Roskilde Barracks which still has the memorial for Colonel Bennike, who 9th April 1940 marched a btn from Roskilde to Sweden despite order to surrender. See 👇🏻

“You probe with bayonets: if you find mush, you push. If you find steel, you withdraw” Vladimir Ilich Lenin Time for less mush? www.bbc.com/news/article...

A small contribution to: Denmark eyes Boeing P-8 aircraft for Arctic surveillance www.defensenews.com/global/europ...

The 🇩🇰Danish goverment today announced that Denmark will get long-range strike capability. Work will now be continued to identify which system(s) that will be selected. www.fmn.dk/da/nyheder/2...

NATO needs reliable shipping capacity in time of war. The 🇩🇰-flagged fleet is the third largest in terms of tonnage in NATO, third largest Ro-Ro & the largest in terms of container TEU. We need a shipping contingency plan, which has to be tested with exercises. (Danish Shipping)

🇩🇰Denmark plans to acquire Boing P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircrafts according to the Danish Minister of Defence to TV2. The planes will be used in the North Atlantic and will cost a “double digit” amount of bn DKK (1.3+bn EUR).

I fully agree with @frhoffmann.bsky.social here. I have for long argued that deterrence has to contain defensive and offensive capability. When I argued for 🇩🇰 acquisition of TLAM 7-8 years ago, there were many who ironically saw this as “too offensive” warontherocks.com/2025/09/deni...

Nej, @berlingske.bsky.social , 2 SAMP/T batterier koster IKKE 58 mia kroner. Det er trods alt prisen - alt inklusive - for det samlede planlagte luftforsvar inklusive 6 batterier kortrækkende luftforsvar (IRIS-T, VL MICA eller NASAMS)….

Time to stop Putin’s testing of our resolve