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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, Denmarks 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 Turkeys 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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