Denmark to rent air defenses as it rushes to rebuild missile shield

July 9, 2025

Defense News

MILAN — The Danish government has opted to procure three different types of ground-based air defense systems from German, French, and Norwegian manufacturers as the country seeks to urgently fill critical air defense gaps.

The decision comes almost two decades after Denmark decommissioned its ground-based air defense capability, in 2005, in an attempt to focus more on international operations. The void has left the Scandinavian country vulnerable to potential missile attacks, the thinking in Copenhagen goes.

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