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Hans Tino Hansen
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#OTD 8 Junr 1800 off Cap de Gata in Spain the Danish-Norwegian frigate HAVFRUEN (40 guns) under Cdr Jost van Dockum denies the Royal Navy frigates HMS SHEERNES (44 guns), HMS SENSIBLE (32 guns) & HMS RESOURCE (28 guns) visitation of its convoy #navalhistory
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The Danish Task Group - with HDMS ABSALON as flagship - is once again in command of the surface warfare group during the BALTOPS 26 exercise. (Danish defence)
#Strongertogether
See you in Kiel!
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Six Danes were involved in the air operations during D-day. Jørgen Kjeldbæk (photo) flew one of the Danish Spitfires. The ace Wing Cdr Kaj Birksted was unsatisfied with reporting from the beachhead & took off on an improvised tour in a Spitfire reaching the beachhead at 0600 👇🏻
Vigtigere end nye kaserner er naturligvis de regimenter der skal uddanne krigsstyrken og som bør genoprettes snarest:
Danske Livregiment
Fynske Livregiment
Dronningens Livregiment
Kongens Jyske Fodregiment
Kongens Artilleriregiment
#OTD 5 June 1848 at Dybbøl a Danish army corps under General Schleppegrel defeated the German 2nd coalition corps under General von Wrangel after a German attack towards Dybbøl, which was met by a succesful Danish downslope counter attack depicted here in Sonne’s painting.
Not exactly the best sales argument for selection of Arrowhead 140/T31 by Babcock…
Source
www.danishww2pilots.dk/articles.php...
Hans Tino Hansen
As reported in February, Denmark has requested to buy AGM-158 JASSM-ER missiles and the possible sale of 200 missiles has been approved. The total cost would be 842 m USD or about 5.46 bn DKK.
NB: Approval does not automatically imply a contract will be signed.
www.state.gov/releases/bur...
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🇩🇰Danish Air Force F-35 in 🇸🇪Sweden visiting F17 - Blekinge Flygflottilj and the first time Danish F-35 have been operating from Sweden.
(Fighter Wing Skrydstrup and F17)
#Strongertogether
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Six Danish airmen were on operation in the skies over Normandy on 6 June 1944. Two were involved in bombing the coastal batteries, three provided fighter cover over the Channel and the beaches, and th...
According to the daily Berlingske the Danish Government is about to close the selection of long-range strike capability announced in September 2025.
The capability package may likely include JSM (500km) and TLAM (1,600+km) as well as JASSM-ER (900km) & long range drones (800km+)
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The first Type 31 frigate, HMS Venturer, is still only committed to being handed to the Royal Navy "by the end of the decade", a defence minister has said, declining to give a firm initial operating capability date.
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/no-firm-in-service-date-for-hms-venturer/
UK Defence Journal
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...
