Denmark will buy long-range offensive weapons for the first time in its history: “Russia is testing us”

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, together with the Defense and Foreign Affairs ministers, announced earlier today that the country will buy missiles and drones capable of reaching Russia

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (S), Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen (V), and Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen (M) during today’s press conference. Photo: Emil Nicolai Helms/Ritzau Scanpix.

Denmark is officially arming itself. Not only with weapons to defend itself, but also with weapons capable of striking other countries, even though they would be used only for defensive purposes. At a press conference held earlier today, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (S), together with Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen (V) and Foreign Minister Lars […]


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