Hans Tino Hansen
Realistic optimist, Founder & CEO Risk Intelligence, IR & economics, defence, security, military and naval history - especially during the Napoleonic period - the Cold War…and football
On Bluesky since 11 Nov 2024
- 🇫🇮 may raise the max age for reservists to 65, which will increase total to 1 million(!). What would it return in 🇩🇰? 🇩🇰 hasn’t produced fully trained conscripts 2004-2025, but up to 25,000 contract personel. Add all trained 1979-2004 ca 325,000 or a total of 350,000ish www.defmin.fi/en/topical/p...
- 830m EUR of profits of frozen Russian assets will be invested in 🇺🇦 defence industry by 🇩🇰 on behalf of the 🇪🇺 in addition to funds from 🇳🇴🇸🇪🇮🇸🇨🇦plus 🇩🇰 funding of about 600m EUR for 2024-2027. Hopefully, in the near future the actual Russian assets will also be handed to 🇺🇦 www.fmn.dk/en/news/2025...
- New analysis unveiled that Danish defence requires investments in IT of up to 21bn DKK (2.8bn EUR) in order to catch up with legacy IT challenges due to low previous investment levels as well as new substantial investments in IT and data for Multi-Domain Operations. www.fmn.dk/da/nyheder/2...
- The state of Danish defence buildings and facilities is criticial, which comes as no surprise to those having witnessed their decline due to neglect the last 20+ years. Analysis now indicates renovating all 2.6m m2 to medium standard will cost 26.9bn DKK (3.6bn EUR). www.fmn.dk/da/nyheder/2...
- Endeligt sker der noget mht krigsforsikring af den danske handelsflåde i tilfælde af stormagtskrig eller krig mod Danmark, hvor den kommercielle krigsforsikring bortfalder. Dette er en af forudsætningerne for at skibstrafikken kan opretholdes i krig. www.maritime.direct/danmark-erhv...
- According to DR, and as I have mentioned back in February 2022, March 2023 and January this year, P-8 Poseidon is on the shortlist for the 🇩🇰 Airforce for surveillance and anti-submarine warfare operations in the North Atlantic and Greenland. This could be in cooperation with 🇳🇴
- 4. maj i Mindelunden Må vi igen blive klar til at forsvare alt det der er os kært.
- Long range ballistic systems is a decisive component in changing the balance between Russian and Ukrainian military capacity. It will also play a key role if/when Ukraine do not get sufficient and necessary hard security guarantees for a peace agreement.
- Interesseret i den danske Flådeplan? Så vil jeg anbefale at lytte til @krigskunst.dk med @anderspucknielsen.dk , @veterandrusianer.dk og som gæst tidl. flotilleadmiral Carsten Fjord-Nielsen. Her italesættes både det der er med og det som ikke er med (endnu) podcasts.apple.com/dk/podcast/k...
- During JEF “Baltic Express” 🇩🇰, 🇬🇧 & 🇸🇪 forces conducted an escort operation of MV Hartland Point with equipment for the 🇬🇧 4th Light Brigade to 🇪🇪. 🇩🇰 frigate F341 Absalon and patrol vessel P521 Freja escorted through Kattegat, where the 🇸🇪 corvette K24 Sundsvall took over. jefnations.org/2025/05/02/b...
- The 🇩🇰Danish defence budget will be increased even more than the 120bn DKK announced 22 February. Today, the Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said: “We will need even more funding for defence. Already later this year” Link👇🏻
- Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen today restated the requirement of 🇩🇰naval vessels to be built in Denmark. She said that it is time to bid farewell to the idea that Denmark is no longer a shipbuilding nation and industry should take part in European naval shipbuilding. Link👇🏻
- The Danish defence accellerated acquisitions also take place with less notable, but important equipment, such as the more than 10,000 pieces of night vision equipment being delivered Theon NYX LW-AE & Argus FS Safran Optics1 Pixels on target VooDoo-S and VooDoo-B Link below
- Denne weekend står blandt andet på den meget interessante “Rysslands Hemliga Krig Mot Sverige” af @patrikoksanen.bsky.social - tack Patrik!
- Today, the re-establishment of🇩🇰land-based anti-ship missile batteries was officially announced. The number of batteries is not disclosed, but at least two. The deployment area will be Danish straits and waters, and Western part of the Baltic.
- Så er mine og mange andres ønsker opfyldt: Bornholm får ifølge TV2 endeligt igen en kampbataljon under et genoprettet Bornholms Regiment (tidl. Bornholms Værn).
- According to 🇩🇰TV2 the 🇩🇰Danish Navy is likely to get 6 frigates and not 4 as initially outlined at a cost more than 60bn DKK (8bn EUR). Decision to be made this year.
- The new Danish Navy Plan includes as already mentioned 3 Arctic patrol vessels (which may be increased to 5) - 120m hull - 22 kts top speed - Main gun and option for missile launchers - unmanned sea and air drones nyheder.tv2.dk/samfund/2025...
- Much ado about nothing... Part I of the Danish Naval Plan has been announced today and it had no additional information than the previous release except that the navy again will get a mobile coastal anti-ship missile capability. The new frigates will await further analysis....
