The Future of the Danish Army

Abstract

Since the end of the cold war the Danish Army has gone through considerable changes as a result of the overall shifts in Denmark s defense policy. After a decade of high intensity operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Danish Army may be facing a period in which it deploys no forces. At the same time the Danish parliament is increasingly focusing on the North Atlantic, where the protection of Danish territory and interests including Greenland and the Faroe Islands traditionally has been the role of the Danish Navy and Air Force. So what does the future for the Danish Army look like and what are the strategic choices for the Army leadership? This paper will seek to answer these questions, based on the thesis the Danish Army will sooner or later have to give up the combined arms army as a consequence of the available resources .

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA589479

Entities

People

  • Ken E. Knudsen

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Armored Personnel Carriers
  • Cold War
  • Combat Forces
  • Combat Operations
  • Combat Support
  • Faroe Islands
  • Fire Support
  • Governments
  • Infantry Fighting Vehicles
  • Islands
  • Military Science
  • Military Training
  • Task Forces
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Economics
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Oceanography.