BELFAST — Denmark pledged today to spend 56.4 billion Danish Krone ($8.77 billion) on “significantly strengthening” its defense capabilities, split between a second tranche acquisition of 16 Lockheed Martin F-35 fifth-generation fighter jets, valued at 27.4 billion Danish Krone, and an Arctic spending plan at a cost of 27.4 billion Danish Krone.
The decision to invest in more F-35 stealth jets takes the Danish Air Force’s fleet to 43 units and “enables the solution of new combat aircraft tasks,” the Danish MoD said in a translated statement. In June, Denmark’s Minister of Defence Troels Lund Poulsen initially shared that at least 10 more of the US made aircraft would be acquired.
“The Ministry of Defense will now initiate a dialogue with the…more
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