• Denmark is sending all of its artillery to Ukraine, the Danish prime minister has said.
  • Mette Frederiksen made the announcement while speaking at the Munich Security Conference.
  • It comes as Ukraine faces severe munitions shortages.
  • newnton@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    Let’s go Denmark, hopefully you can convince more of Europe that freedom, democracy, and the right to self determination are worth fighting and making sacrifices for

  • positiveWHAT@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Well, when else would they be used? The other case I see would be Russia winning in Ukraine and blitzing onward, so why not stop them in Ukraine.

    • bstix@feddit.dk
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      5 months ago

      Yes. Honestly… The plan is to oblige to the NATO 2% requirement, which means that we will need to invest in war production instead of just clinging to old stocks. So even as bad as it is to increase a budget for something that we don’t need, it’s still better for Denmark to restart the production and give away the old stock. Denmark has reopened an old ammunition factory (which had been an eyesore for 50 years) and also collaborating with Germany on the bigger calibers.

      Basically, Denmark is investing domestically, in EU and in Ukraine, and it’s all according to agreement with NATO. (Regardless of Trump’s stupid speech the other day, this needs to be done.)

      It’s like donating old bread before it goes bad. Let’s hope the Ukrainians can find a Russian head to use it at, because we don’t need it now, but we’re obliged to keep production up.

      • Droechai@lemm.ee
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        5 months ago

        Just you wait until the ice is thick enough to carry an army! It’s just a tad heavier now than last time but a time will come

        • jqubed@lemmy.world
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          5 months ago

          Not if we keep global warming going at its current pace!

          Is global warming actually a Danish plot for security from Sweden?

          • Plopp@lemmy.world
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            5 months ago

            Well, global warming might push the gulf stream down south to like Spain and make it even colder up here, and hence the ice thicker. That could be Danish planning, but it sounds more like Norwegian planning.