The Danish government plans to modernise the Danish Navy with 25 new vessels, advanced unmanned systems, and a strong focus on protecting critical underwater infrastructure.
The plan comes after the increasing Russian assertiveness, technological advancements in naval warfare, and recent sabotage incidents in the Baltic Sea.
The Danish authorities have therefore split the naval upgrade into two tracks, one urgent and one long-term, to address both current vulnerabilities and future naval needs.
The urgent track will see immediate investments to tackle specific security issues. This includes the acquisition of new monitoring equipment to protect vital underwater infrastructure like seabed cables and pipelines.
These assets have been targeted repeatedly, including recent cases of suspected intentional cable damage in the Baltic, and the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines.
For such threats, the government is launching a development program for drones and autonomous maritime systems. These unmanned units will help the Navy carry out both surface and seabed surveillance tasks more effectively in the years ahead.
One of the key part of the urgent plan involves the acquisition of four new
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