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Comparisons – NATO Allies – Current Danish Naval Projects –
May / July 2008
An Overview of Current, On-Going Danish Naval projects
2005-2009
Like the Canadian Forces, Denmark’s military have embarked on a process of
transformation. The effects of this process are most dramatically seen in the new vessel construction for the KDM or
Danish navy. Six new-build naval projects are underway in Denmark – three small patrol
vessel types (all with some degree of training role as well), an icebreaking patrol type for use off of
Greenland, frigate-sized combat support ships, and more conventional frigates.
The most recent Danish naval projects are:
• 6 x Standard Mk I
(Holm class) hydrographical survey/training boats or MCM drones
• 6 x Standard Mk II
(Diana class) surveillance/sovereignty patrol, SAR, and EOD boats
• 2 x Knud
Rasmussen class ice-resistant sovereignty / fisheries patrol and SAR OPVs
• 2 x Absalon
class combat support ships (hybrid RO/RO vehicle/troop transport frigates)
• 3 x as yet unnamed
frigates based on the Absalon but with greater power and armament
• 11 x MHV 900 class Naval Home Guard vessels for coastal
surveillance patrol and SAR
Additional pages will be added as they are completed
Afghan Mission – NATO – Medium-Lift Helicopter Assets –
March 2008
Medium-Lift – Searching for Available
NATO Mil Helicopters
NATO Mil Mi-8 and Mi-17 Helicopters
(arranged regionally by NATO member state)
• Poland and the Baltic
States Covering the Polish Army Mi-17AE medevac conversions
(Polish Mi-17 V-1 have already been examined) and Mils of
Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia.
• Black Sea NATO Members
Covers Mi-8s of the Romanian and Bulgarian Air Forces
and the Mi-17 V-1 fleet operated
by Turkey’s Gendarme, a force already in Afghanistan.
• Central European NATO Members
Covers Hungarian, Slovak and Czech Mi-8/Mi-17s.
• Czech Air Force Mi-171Š
the latest model of Mi-17 in Czech service has uprated
engines
for hot-and-high performance, NATO-compatible avionics, and comprehensive
defensive
aids. Ideal for Afghanistan but will Czechs deploy their only modern utility
helicopters?
Afghan Mission – Aerial Surveillance – Tactical UAVs
– February 2008
Unattainable Aerial Vehicles? The
Manley Report and UAVs
Sperwer, Predator, and
Afghanistan
CF UAVs in Afghanistan 1: Overview of
CU-161 Sperwer UAV in Afghanistan
CF UAVs in Afghanistan 2: Predator and TUAV
Replacements (or CF Alternative)
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