Denmark will buy another 16 F-35 fighters in the United States. Danish Minister of Defense Troels Lund Poulsen announced this Friday, two weeks After unidentified drones disrupted the airspace of the Scandinavian country. According to AFP, TASR writes about it. “We have reached a political agreement to get another 16 F-35 fighters … To have more functional fighters in the future,” said Troels Lund Poulsen at a press conference.
The price of new aircraft will be 29 billion Danish crowns (about 3.88 billion euros) and the Danish aviation will have 43 F-35 fighters. The announcement of the purchase of US aircraft comes when the EU countries are considering whether they will replace aircraft produced in the US with European alternatives.
Copenhagen also purchases antipron defense systems worth approximately 2.1 billion Danish crowns (about 280 million euros) after recent flights of unknown drones near airports and military facilities. According to local politicians, this is part of Russian hybrid threats.
Denmark has also stated that it will invest more billions in the safety of the polar region and the North Atlantic. The announcement of the purchase comes after repeated statements by President Donald Trump that he is interested in obtaining Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory.
