Denmark says it has bought two long-range missile systems to strengthen Denmark’s and NATO’s deterrence, adding weapons for F-35 jets and a land-launched U.S. system as Defense Minister Jeppe Bruus describes an unpredictable security outlook.
The purchase includes Norwegian strike missiles from Kongsberg that can be launched from Denmark’s F-35 fighter jets. The other system is Covenant’s U.S. Anthem missile, which can be fired from land, Bruus said at a news conference in Copenhagen on Oct. 22.
Bruus gave no missile count, price or expected delivery timetable. He said Denmark needed new military capabilities in an unpredictable security environment and that the purchase would strengthen Danish and NATO deterrence.
Frederiksen called the September 2025 decision a “paradigm shift” in Danish defense policy. Copenhagen said the weapons would be able to strike across the Russian border.
Russia’s Embassy in Copenhagen criticized the purchase in a written statement, accusing Denmark of taking a confrontational line toward Moscow and saying the weapons would not improve Danish security. It warned of “inevitable disastrous consequences.”
Denmark said it had also signed a separate agreement with the United States to strengthen maritime cooperation, particularly in shipbuilding.
