Denmark will triple spending on defense of the Arctic against the backdrop of the “Russian threat”

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Denmark will triple spending on defense of the Arctic against the backdrop of the “Russian threat”

Denmark expressed its readiness to triple military spending on military programs in the Arctic region amid the “Russian threat” and the growing split between the United States on the one hand and Russia and China on the other, which could lead to a military conflict in the Arctic.

Denmark increases funding for Arctic programs from the defense budget over a three-year period by 1,5 billion Danish kroner (220 million dollars), which is three times more than previously planned. According to Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, these funds will be used to strengthen the country's defensive capabilities in the Arctic region against the backdrop of an "increasing Russian threat."



The bulk of the allocated funds will be used to monitor airspace and organize tracking of Russian submarines near Greenland.

Earlier it was reported that US President Donald Trump criticized Denmark for not fulfilling its obligations to allocate 2% of GDP for defense within NATO. In this regard, Copenhagen said that the increase in the cost of operations in the Arctic region in the defense budget of Denmark was a demonstration that Copenhagen is keeping its promises.

Earlier in Copenhagen, Moscow was accused of conducting active military activities in the Arctic, which significantly "aggravates the situation."

Recall that in the winter of 2014, Denmark applied to the UN with a statement that it claims to be on the seabed around the North Pole with an area twenty times the size of the kingdom itself.
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    1. +5
      6 December 2019 15: 29
      Denmark has increased funding for Arctic programs from the defense budget over a three-year period by 1,5 billion Danish kroner (220 million dollars), which is three times more than previously planned.


      With these funds, Denmark can buy as much as 2! F-35. Cool.
      1. +8
        6 December 2019 15: 35
        Denmark will triple spending on defense of the Arctic against the backdrop of the “Russian threat”

        Everywhere there is an increase in financing of the military budget against the backdrop of the Russian threat .. Or maybe they just pay this money to Russia, let's say they planned to increase the budget three times .. so give 1/3 of this amount to Russia .. and Russia will vow not to attack laughing
        And Russia is good and the links are safe .. wassat
        1. 0
          6 December 2019 22: 00
          in the winter of 2014, Denmark applied to the UN with a statement that it claims to be on the seabed around the North Pole, an area twenty times the size of the kingdom itself

          No, it doesn’t work for Denmark to be as arrogant as the USA. Although they are trying.
          The United States would report that some foreign ships with the Russian flag floated on its territory and would impose sanctions.
      2. +3
        6 December 2019 15: 50
        -Nikolai: Denmark can buy as much as 2! F-35.
        Namesake, now ALL NATO will "suffer" because of Turkey. Who should also buy the F-35 intended for Turkey ...
        1. +1
          6 December 2019 15: 51
          Quote: knn54
          Namesake, now ALL NATO will "suffer" because of Turkey. Who should buy the F-35 destined for Turkey ...


          It seems that not everyone wants to buy such expensive toys.
          1. +1
            6 December 2019 16: 03
            Against the general background of the "Russian threat", maybe Monaco and Liechtenstein, these economic bison can also increase military spending. laughing Denmark is not pulling alone.
      3. +5
        6 December 2019 15: 56
        Quote: NF68
        With these funds, Denmark can buy as much as 2! F-35. Cool.

        And how many sled dogs can you buy, sew winter uniforms and build "drakars"?
        1. -1
          6 December 2019 15: 58
          Quote: svp67
          Quote: NF68
          With these funds, Denmark can buy as much as 2! F-35. Cool.

          And how many sled dogs can you buy, sew winter uniforms and build "drakars"?


          Maybe they will do so? Or they’ll acquire some necessary trifle.
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      1. +5
        6 December 2019 15: 57
        Quote: Spade
        But mrs. Medvedev now certainly must understand that where you don’t kiss a European, you will fall into ...

        I'm afraid that he won't understand, because of ... his wife's fold will not see, with an iPhone it will play
    3. +5
      6 December 2019 15: 30
      That's what Trump’s threat to buy Greenland with Denmark does smile
      1. +2
        6 December 2019 17: 27
        Quote: Thrall
        That's what Trump’s threat to buy Greenland with Denmark does smile

        This is a common raider rule by a pirate state - i.e. USA! Namely.

        USA: Do you want Denmark to "sell" - ie. to give - to us their property - Greenland - at all? Then pay us - the USA - forever in parts compensation in the form of a tax for the "roof" on your property.
        Now it is 2%, and then there will be 4%, etc.

        And when the "apostate" cannot pay, then as a debt for the "taxes" not paid by Denmark to the NATO / Pentagon pocket, the US will simply take away their territorial property from the Greenlanders / Donetsk residents. They'll take Greenland.
        In world practice, everything goes to this.
    4. +1
      6 December 2019 15: 30
      A nice ship on the headband ... As I understand it, is it also something icebreaking?
      1. +5
        6 December 2019 15: 32
        Danish icebreaker patrol ship Ejnar Mikkelsen type Knud Rasmussen
        1. +3
          6 December 2019 15: 38
          Thank. I'll see wherever you go on Wiki)))
    5. +1
      6 December 2019 15: 31
      And Denmark has no less Arctic zone than the USA. No wonder Trump swung at Greenland.
      1. +2
        6 December 2019 18: 01
        Quote: Sergey39
        And Denmark has no less Arctic zone than the USA.
        It’s interesting, but for what bad boom in Denmark, the Arctic territory should be larger than Denmark itself? I understand that when, during the construction of the first railway, Peter I (sort of) said: "On its wider," or Catherine II, spreading her fan, said: "Do where my fan pointed." Who are they? Dwarfs unfinished ...
        1. +5
          7 December 2019 00: 25
          Quote: sabakina
          when, during the construction of the first railway, Peter I (sort of) said: "It is wider",

          Peter said differently: Why, the road of iron if the steam locomotive has not yet been invented? belay wassat
          Nikolay the First if that drinks
    6. 0
      6 December 2019 15: 32
      Here, rather, at the direction of the United States and out of a personal desire to overcome something in Russia
    7. +5
      6 December 2019 15: 39
      Denmark will triple spending on defense of the Arctic against the backdrop of the “Russian threat”
      It is strange that we were not accused of wanting to "chop off" Greenland from them ...
      1. +2
        6 December 2019 16: 00
        Quote: svp67
        Denmark will triple spending on defense of the Arctic against the backdrop of the “Russian threat”
        It is strange that we were not accused of wanting to "chop off" Greenland from them ...

        It’s not yet evening Sergei .. Soon, the Eskimos of Greenland and other northern territories will announce that they are threatened by Russian Chukchi .. hehe
        And laughter and sin, from these cries .. Can it really smell, will it not be so insulting? laughing drinks
        1. +1
          6 December 2019 17: 18
          Soon the Eskimos of Greenland and other northern territories will announce that they are threatened by the Russian Chukchi .. hehe

          Not the Chukchi at all, but trained polar bears with balalaikas, which are soldered "samogonka" by the indigenous local population.
          1. 0
            6 December 2019 21: 53
            Eskimos do not need to think about that. God forbid, they will find oil.
    8. +3
      6 December 2019 15: 42
      against the backdrop of the “Russian threat”

      Evil is not enough, well, who is threatening you? They got the same thing. Teachings everywhere, arms races, everywhere intervening. They shoot around the globe and do you think all this does not affect the climate? Nearby is a military unit, they shoot at night and in the afternoon, shoot and explode, it seems that there is a war nearby. Even before 2014 it was quiet, but now it’s horror and this is in Germany. The threat is not from Russia, but from yourself. They say the ecology is bad from cars, but what doesn’t they shoot does it affect the ecology?
      1. +3
        6 December 2019 16: 03
        Quote: bumerang.
        Evil is not enough, but who is threatening you?

        Calm down. The "peaceful" stage of life in our civilization seems to be ending, the whole world has begun to prepare for the next redistribution of everything and everyone. The "Russian threat" is just an excuse to hide such preparations.
        1. +6
          6 December 2019 17: 42
          Quote: svp67
          The "peaceful" stage of life in our civilization seems to end

          For the sake of the "doves of peace" (ugh, Lord, forgive the shameful words).
          Quote: svp67
          The "Russian threat" is just an excuse to hide such preparations.

          Classics, however ... "Tell me who your enemy is and I will say that he is Russian" - the philosophy of the Naglo-Saxons. soldier
      2. +1
        6 December 2019 20: 30
        Yes, it's our fault, we live here, and because of this, they shoot in Germany)
    9. +1
      6 December 2019 15: 55
      Late gentlemen, the Russian icebreaking fleet, the most powerful in the world and will be it .. Experience in this enormous USSR has been laid the foundation .. Our ancestors knew that the Arctic is hiding huge wealth and strategic outpost in general.
    10. 0
      6 December 2019 15: 59
      Well, I don't understand: all this "threat from Russia" was invented for what? To cut the military budget? Or is an order given from the United States to buy weapons from them in increased volumes, while their citizens are soaring brains? Or are they already so zombified that they see the Russian threat everywhere?
    11. -1
      6 December 2019 16: 13
      Will not help. "Threat" is a disease of the Danish brain. Weapons cannot be cured.
    12. +1
      6 December 2019 16: 34
      Denmark, like all "partners", is arming against us. We are arming ourselves against "everyone." Militarization however!
    13. +2
      6 December 2019 17: 03
      Earlier in Copenhagen, Moscow was accused of conducting active military activities in the Arctic

      They accuse, as a rule, of violating something. And we are there by law. A third of the Arctic is our territory and a recognized maritime exclusive economic zone, in general.
      Let them take a magnifying glass and compare on the map Denmark itself and our entire Arctic.
    14. +1
      6 December 2019 17: 19
      we laugh with Denmark, and her Greenland began to melt belay soon they will be presented that the population is small, and the territory is large! hi so they thought, tighten the budget wink
    15. 0
      6 December 2019 17: 26
      if that goes on, Denmark will be blown away someday. Yes, let them spend money on us, we will continue to scare am
    16. +2
      6 December 2019 18: 41
      Themselves do not drown so pros - s - fukut.
    17. +2
      6 December 2019 18: 53
      It would be better spent on the popularization of H.H. Andersen. For example, it is high time to modernize the "New dress of the king", and to call ... well, say, "NATO's indestructible Atlantic solidarity"
    18. +1
      6 December 2019 19: 22
      If the Danish government committed hara-kiri against the backdrop of the Russian threat, this would have a greater effect)
      1. 0
        7 December 2019 05: 11
        well, it’s understandable to them that it’s a shame - it doesn’t have a harakiri, and they’ll cut the budget, they won’t happen, the aggressor won’t come and all in silence and peace ... They say they frightened the adversary with his military budget! He was so scared! Victory!
    19. +1
      7 December 2019 01: 43
      Well, right here because of the Russian threat. And by chance, not because Trampushka strongly urged Denmark to sell Greenland the other day? The Danes already choked with their Tuborg from such an announcement. And rightly so. Nefik SP-2 was clamped.
    20. 0
      7 December 2019 05: 09
      Saw the сuratis budget, saw, it’s golden! And the enemy is cunning and treacherous, even though it doesn’t come in any other way, what a villain!
    21. 0
      7 December 2019 18: 39
      Quote: TENET
      we are laughing with Denmark, and her Greenland has started to melt soon and they will be presented with a small population and a large territory! so they thought, tighten the budget

      If the United States really wants to grab Greenland, then even if Denmark pledges all the pawnshop and sends all this money to the budget of the local municipality, it will not help the Danes anyway. Obviously!

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