Denmark is a country that although maybe small
It is quite unique in the world
Home to the Danish the proud and humble folk and although the people within this nation have a very peaceful
Attitude the country still has an understanding of its defence for its civilians and today here on fut facts
We look at how much power Denmark actually has. Hey what's going on guys? Welcome to up to the facts
Dave Walpole here and welcome to the channel where we talk about people cultures and places from all around the world. Although lately
We've been doing a lot of military videos. Don't ask me why they just been really popular
so today what we're gonna do is we are gonna look at the Defense Forces of
Denmark and we're gonna find out how powerful it actually is now
We're not going to compare it to other nations because people don't like it when we do that sort of thing
But what we will look at today is the numbers of the amount of people within the Denmark
Forces and we're gonna see what kind of equipment that these guys actually use now. Hey guys before we get in this video
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so let's throw ourselves right into the facts and let's look at the forces of
Denmark which are known as the Danish defense forces and they are the armed forces that make up the Kingdom of Denmark
Which stretches through the mainland all the way to it's self-governing nations like Faroe Island and Greenland and even other places around the world
Yeah, that's right. In case you guys didn't know Greenland is actually part of Denmark. I actually had no idea as well
I always thought Greenland was kind of like, you know, just this big icy thing that people you know
Only like maybe a thousand people live on but yeah, it's part of denlon dent Denmark. I don't know why I said inland there
I was trying to say Greenland and Denmark. It didn't really work out
But as for the Danish Defense Forces, let's take a look at how the whole thing works out
First of all Denmark has a total population of five million
Seven hundred and eighty-five thousand eight hundred and sixty four people now
That's of course as of a 2018 now keep in mind also some of the numbers throughout all this video are just gonna be estimates
especially when we break down equipment because well no military really gives out its true numbers of forces because while to be honest
There's just classified forces that we don't know of as well
But of this 5.7 million people they say over 2 million people are classified as fit for service
Nifer its military. It has a total of approximately
And most likely over 75 thousand people now, of course, that is estimated
They have two different classifications of people within the military they have active and reserves and the thing for the active personnel
it's rather a hard number to get because as of 2011 there was approximately
25,000 109 as of the official report done by the military, but as for today, it's estimated anywhere between
20,000 to anywhere between
30,000 people within the country that are classified as active personnel
of course the reserves which are the homeland volunteers is set at approximately
51,000 with approximately maybe
12,000 in other places see now. The reason why we can't get an accurate number of that is because well there's a thing called
Conscription. Yes
That's right conscription within the country actually does exist and I'm gonna go into that right now
Because within the country the service for conscription does apply
However, it is only applied to males
Of course anyone over 18 can volunteer for the army and although women have had a military service history
since approximately
1948 it wasn't until
1962 when they were allowed to enter into the ground military and it's actually really interesting to know that when it comes to the amount
of women within the Danish military in today's world about
7.3 3 percent of the entire forces are women also
It's really very unique about this particular country when it comes to its military a lot of other countries have three different
Divisions or the military is broken up into three different compartments for Denmark
it's actually four this is because the major
Compartments of the Danish military are the army the Air Force the Navy and of course the Home Guard
Which I stated before are pretty much volunteers that are part of this service of previous to this
I mentioned how hard it was to get an accurate number of how many forces and individuals
There are within the personnel because for Denmark the one rule that they do have if there is ever a major
Emergency or there's a war that breaks out yet again
All former conscripts are immediately called upon to serve once again, so they'll have a lot of people in their military
But now let's talk about numbers and how much equipment that these guys actually have
Going up into the sky. They have a total aircraft strength of over
113 now for this of the total aircraft strength thirty of them are fighters or classified as attack fighters
Which overall the country uses the good old fashioned f-16 falcon. It's quite a reliable aircraft
it should also be mentioned that as of
2011 they state that there's 45 in total but only thirty are currently in operation now as for their transports they have approximately
39 but that doesn't mean that all 39 are the big transport
Aircrafts and those big transport aircrafts are the c1
13-0 J 30
Hercules a medium transport aircraft in which they have approximately four of them
Of course, they have multiple other pieces of equipment that does transport
For example, they also have the Challenger and that would help make up these 39 units for helicopters, though
They do have 35 in which they use the eh-101 Merlin
Search-and-rescue and troop transport helicopter as their main chopper
And as for the rest of the aircraft, they are listed as trainers recon and other services of that nature now
Let's jump down to the ground. Let's take a look at the equipment that needs treads and that would be tanks
for example
They have approximately 57 combat tanks in which 38 of these combat tanks are the 120 millimeter
Leopard 2a5, of course. There is armored fighting vehicles being approximately
673 currently their main fighting vehicle is the cv90 35 which is Sweden made in which there are 45 of them
however, they are also in plans to purchase the mo wedge piranha 5 which is about
309 of them they might have already purchased them
but as of 2018 they said that this was the time they were
Do so whether or not they're behind on orders or anything like that. I don't really know as for Denmark
They actually don't use any towed artillery or rocket projectors
But they do have 12 self-propelled artillery jumping over to the sea when it comes to their total Navy assets
They have approximately over 90 of them. Of course Denmark is a country that doesn't have any aircraft carriers
It doesn't really need any however, it does have nine frigates. And the largest of these are the Alba Sun class frigates
Currently they have two of these in possession
They have the HD MS Alba Sun and the HD MSS burns snare for Corvettes
they are looking at zero, but however, they do have approximately seven mine warfare vessels and
Approximately fifteen patrol vessels Denmark has also been a country that has had submarines in the past
However, as of today they don't have any because in 2004
They just pretty much decommissioned or sold off the rest of them saying they don't really need them
There is talks about whether or not they need them in the future
But as of today they say they're fine
now one other question that I always ask in these military videos is whether or not the country is
Nuclear capable, so does Denmark have nukes?
well, the big answer to that is no however when it comes to places like Greenland, it actually has a history of
Transporting nuclear missiles and bombs, but that was specifically for the Americans
for example
there was the Thule Air Base disaster in which a plane went down having four nuclear bombs on board it and
Apparently to this day. There's still one missing. They think it just went up in the wreckage
They're not entirely sure
but however
The thing when it comes to nuclear missiles one thing that is very important is Denmark is a part of the nuclear non-proliferation
Tree as it was one of the countries that helped ratify the treaty signing it in 1968
I also like to point out when it comes to the amount of resources
When it comes to this particular military and how powerful it actually is
You got to keep in mind that Greenland has a huge rhenium deposit as a matter of fact
They consider it like one of the highest uranium deposits in the entire world
but however
When it comes to mining for uranium the key vane failed mine has apparently had a ban on my uranium for years
so unless that changes it really doesn't matter but keep in mind if war were to break out you could definitely
You know guess that certain rules like that would change now to finish it all off. Let's take a look at budgets
so the budget for the Denmark military in
2015 sat at approximately twenty point nine billion DKK
Which translates to about three billion?
USD and for this budget according to those numbers it made up 1.3 percent of the GDP of the entire country
Which is actually under the recommended two percent for EU countries because this budget has a tight budget
it's been reported that about fifty to fifty three percent of it goes to paying out military forces and
Approximately fourteen to twenty one percent is getting new equipment and two to eight percent is for ships as well
The rest is for services such as construction or anything of that nature
Also, I totally forgot to mention that when it comes to the power of this country
Denmark is a country that is a part of NATO and that's a positive thing
for those who don't know what NATO is it's a program that's designed to help all sign nations to be protected from foreign invaders and
basically
They all will rise together and defeat them and I think as of today there's about 29 countries that are part of NATO as well
Denmark has great relationships with other countries like Canada and most importantly the United States and many EU countries
But most specifically Germany in which the three of those are the biggest suppliers of equipment
For military and make them a great ally but there you go guys that is just a look at the army and the defence forces
And how powerful Denmark actually is when it comes to its military forces. What are your thoughts on this guys?
I know they're rather small to other ones
But are they still a force to be reckoned with let us know down there in the comment section below, but hey guys
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Don't forget to check out some of our other stuff because we've done tons of videos on
Denmark and if you guys really like learning about the country
It's actually really fascinating country and I do recommend that you guys check them out. There's some stuff in the description box
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and of course
There'll be some stuff at the end of the video that you guys can take a look at and marks just a cool country go
Check it out. However, this is the military force of Denmark although smaller to other countries
It is still a contender in the world today a country that has about 800 soldiers deployed abroad today
Contributing towards world peace operations in many parts of the globe
these are the soldiers of the force and the souls of the defence forces of
Denmark the ones who know that sometimes some things are worth fighting for
So did you like this video if you liked learning about Denmark
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be sure to check out our other stuff guys because it's just great to expand your mind and learn about many different cultures and people
And you know institutions from around the world as always
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