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Denmark's top military chief dismissed after incident involving ship deployed to Red Sea
Fox News ^ | April 5, 2024

Posted on 04/05/2024 9:10:52 AM PDT by McGruff

A series of scandals has blighted Denmark's Armed Forces at a time when the Scandinavian country and member of the NATO alliance is building up its defenses, chiefly as a response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The events have so far led to the dismissal this week of Denmark’s top military chief, Gen. Flemming Lentfer, who failed to inform the defense minister about an incident on the frigate HDMS Iver Huitfeldt last month while deployed to the Red Sea, where it was part of a U.S.-led operation to defend commercial shipping against Houthi militants.

On Thursday, a technical error onboard its sister ship, the frigate HDMS Niels Juel that was docked in a Danish harbor, led to the air space and maritime route being briefly closed due to fears a navy missile might launch unintentionally — but not explode — and send fragments falling into the busy shipping lane between the islands of Zeeland, where Copenhagen sits, and Funen.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War
KEYWORDS: denmark; euros; nato; weaknato

1 posted on 04/05/2024 9:10:52 AM PDT by McGruff
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Denmark. Their women are beautiful and have big tits. What’s there to know?


2 posted on 04/05/2024 9:16:48 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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The Iver Huitfeldt, which returned from its Red Sea mission on Thursday, ahead of schedule, reportedly experienced a half-hour long malfunction of its missile and radar systems during a drone attack on March 9, according to the specialist defense news website Olf

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Olfi cited a leaked document written by the commander of the Iver Huitfeldt that the problem with the missile and radar systems had been known for years. The frigate eventually fended off the attack by the Iran-backed Houthis, shooting down four drones with guns.


3 posted on 04/05/2024 9:17:15 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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Peter Viggo Jakobsen, an associate professor with the Royal Danish Defense College, agreed with Krasnik that “there are many problems” in Danish defense, chiefly because spending was reduced in 2012 and Denmark has been “very slow at coming up again.”


4 posted on 04/05/2024 9:19:02 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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put a fat black chick in charge, and make her gay ...


5 posted on 04/05/2024 9:27:07 AM PDT by catnipman (A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil)
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We can loan them “Admiral” Rachel Levine! She’ll have their pronouns shipshape in no time!!


6 posted on 04/05/2024 9:31:03 AM PDT by rockvillem
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filter


7 posted on 04/05/2024 9:47:51 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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Denmark. Their women are beautiful and have big tits. What’s there to know?

When I imagine an "incident on a Danish frigate" in my head I see a Benny Hill skit.

8 posted on 04/05/2024 9:57:31 AM PDT by PGR88
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“Denmark. Their women are beautiful and have big tits. What’s there to know?”

I’m married to one!


9 posted on 04/05/2024 10:09:57 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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