Nerdic Defence
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Following Nordic defence and security matters, mostly technical, and am myself based in the Nordics. Yes, I'm aware the pun is stupid ;). He/him.
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#TheWarZone article on #P8 #Poseidon for #DK #Denmark
#BalticSea #Greenland #NorthAtlantic
www.twz.com/air/danish-p...
#BalticSea #Greenland #NorthAtlantic
www.twz.com/air/danish-p...
Danish P-8 Sale Set To Boost Poseidon’s Northern Footprint
Denmark is investing in new maritime patrol aircraft to bolster its capabilities in the Baltic and North Atlantic, with a particular focus on Greenland. Denmark is investing in new maritime patrol air...
www.twz.com
January 3, 2026 at 6:32 AM
Vintage Friday: HSwMS Sjöormen under way. She was commissioned on July 31, 1968 and decommissioned in 1997, then transferred to Singapore, where she was modernized, renamed RSS Centurion and saw service 2004-2015. Originally 11 were planned in the class, but the number was cut to 5 due to costs.
January 2, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Vintage Friday: HSwMS Sjöormen under way. She was commissioned on July 31, 1968 and decommissioned in 1997, then transferred to Singapore, where she was modernized, renamed RSS Centurion and saw service 2004-2015. Originally 11 were planned in the class, but the number was cut to 5 due to costs.
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Baltic Fleet is getting a new missile carrier.
This takes total (naval) surface Kalibr cruise missile capacity to 40 barrels. Not counting submarine, land and air assets.
40 is more than totals fired during the largest attacks on Ukraine or the capacity in Black Sea in 2022*
This takes total (naval) surface Kalibr cruise missile capacity to 40 barrels. Not counting submarine, land and air assets.
40 is more than totals fired during the largest attacks on Ukraine or the capacity in Black Sea in 2022*
December 31, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Baltic Fleet is getting a new missile carrier.
This takes total (naval) surface Kalibr cruise missile capacity to 40 barrels. Not counting submarine, land and air assets.
40 is more than totals fired during the largest attacks on Ukraine or the capacity in Black Sea in 2022*
This takes total (naval) surface Kalibr cruise missile capacity to 40 barrels. Not counting submarine, land and air assets.
40 is more than totals fired during the largest attacks on Ukraine or the capacity in Black Sea in 2022*
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There’s no party like the boarding party
Just your regular officials sorting under the Ministry of the Interior 🙃
December 31, 2025 at 12:32 PM
There’s no party like the boarding party
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The US State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Denmark of 3 P-8A Poseidon Multi-Mission Maritime Patrol & Reconnaissance Aircraft with Indirect Fire Protection Capability & related equipment for an estimated cost of up to 1.8bn USD (11.4bn DKK)
www.dsca.mil/Press-Media/...
www.dsca.mil/Press-Media/...
🇩🇰Denmark plans to acquire Boing P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircrafts according to the Danish Minister of Defence to TV2. The planes will be used in the North Atlantic and will cost a “double digit” amount of bn DKK (1.3+bn EUR).
December 30, 2025 at 9:52 AM
The US State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Denmark of 3 P-8A Poseidon Multi-Mission Maritime Patrol & Reconnaissance Aircraft with Indirect Fire Protection Capability & related equipment for an estimated cost of up to 1.8bn USD (11.4bn DKK)
www.dsca.mil/Press-Media/...
www.dsca.mil/Press-Media/...
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And we've practiced this. A LOT.
As noted, there is a very limited number of feasible avenues of attack to Finland.
We know them.
And have planned, *for decades,* how to turn them to killzones.
We even have kit like this "mine drill". Works on asphalt too.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E8I...
As noted, there is a very limited number of feasible avenues of attack to Finland.
We know them.
And have planned, *for decades,* how to turn them to killzones.
We even have kit like this "mine drill". Works on asphalt too.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E8I...
December 29, 2025 at 11:06 AM
And we've practiced this. A LOT.
As noted, there is a very limited number of feasible avenues of attack to Finland.
We know them.
And have planned, *for decades,* how to turn them to killzones.
We even have kit like this "mine drill". Works on asphalt too.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E8I...
As noted, there is a very limited number of feasible avenues of attack to Finland.
We know them.
And have planned, *for decades,* how to turn them to killzones.
We even have kit like this "mine drill". Works on asphalt too.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E8I...
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A nice little documentary about the J 29 Tunnan. Recommended for fans of Swedish military aviation. Some interesting photography and film snippets that at least I haven't seen before.
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December 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
A nice little documentary about the J 29 Tunnan. Recommended for fans of Swedish military aviation. Some interesting photography and film snippets that at least I haven't seen before.
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Russian cargo carrier sanctioned by the US and Ukraine because of involvement in transportation of weapons made a port call in Barentsburg, Svalbard, in late December
Sanctioned Russian cargo carrier makes port call in Norwegian archipelago
The Taimyr is on the sanctions lists of the US and Ukraine because of its involvement in Russian weapon transportation. On December 22, it made a port call in Barentsburg, Svalbard.
www.thebarentsobserver.com
December 29, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Russian cargo carrier sanctioned by the US and Ukraine because of involvement in transportation of weapons made a port call in Barentsburg, Svalbard, in late December
Denmark's DALO procurement agency has signed a contract with OneArc (previously Bohemia Interactive) for VBS4 Virtual Battlespace simulations. www.fmi.dk/da/nyheder/2...
Virtuel kampplads styrker Hærens uddannelse og kampkraft
FMI anskaffer et avancerede computersimulationssystem, som giver mulighed for at løfte soldaternes uddannelse på en lang række soldatermæssige områder fx at lære at bruge kort, træning af artilleriobs...
www.fmi.dk
December 29, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Denmark's DALO procurement agency has signed a contract with OneArc (previously Bohemia Interactive) for VBS4 Virtual Battlespace simulations. www.fmi.dk/da/nyheder/2...
Denmark to take leading role in three EU capability coalitions, namely drones, quantum technology and air defence. www.fmn.dk/da/nyheder/2...
Danmark skal i samarbejde med en række EU-lande lede tre kapabilitetskoalitioner
Danmark har tilbudt at tage en ledende rolle, sammen med tætte partnere i EU i tilvejebringelsen af kritiske militære kapabiliteter i Europa. Danmark har haft en fremtrædende rolle under EU-formandska...
www.fmn.dk
December 29, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Denmark to take leading role in three EU capability coalitions, namely drones, quantum technology and air defence. www.fmn.dk/da/nyheder/2...
New Norwegian funding for quantum research assigns the Defence Research Establishment as a centre, primarily for research into quantum sensors. www.ffi.no/aktuelt/nyhe...
FFI deltar i millionsatsing på kvanteteknologi
Regjeringen blar nå opp 244 millioner kroner til fire nye norske sentre for kvanteteknologi. For FFI betyr tildelingen både nye hoder og en nøkkelrolle i utviklingen av framtidas supersensorer.
www.ffi.no
December 29, 2025 at 7:15 AM
New Norwegian funding for quantum research assigns the Defence Research Establishment as a centre, primarily for research into quantum sensors. www.ffi.no/aktuelt/nyhe...
Denmark has taken delivery of the first 15 Patria 6x6 APCs under the CAVS programme, with Finland releasing some of their own production queue to DK. Some of the story behind the extremely fast (for defence acquisitions) deliveries is public. www.forsvaret.dk/da/nyheder/2...
Patria 6x6 og den finske forlomme
BAGGRUND: Oprettelsen af Accelerationsfonden og gode relationer mellem Danmark og Finland har været udslagsgivende for, at Hæren er blevet kraftigt forstærket. Nu står de første af i alt 129 finske pa...
www.forsvaret.dk
December 29, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Denmark has taken delivery of the first 15 Patria 6x6 APCs under the CAVS programme, with Finland releasing some of their own production queue to DK. Some of the story behind the extremely fast (for defence acquisitions) deliveries is public. www.forsvaret.dk/da/nyheder/2...
The Royal Danish Air Force is 75 years old as a separate service! www.forsvaret.dk/da/nyheder/2...
På vingerne i 75 år
I år runder Flyvevåbnet 75 år som selvstændigt værn. Honnør har udvalgt eksempler på de mange forskellige begivenheder, missioner og operationer, der har formet Flyvevåbnet til, hvad det er i dag.
www.forsvaret.dk
December 29, 2025 at 7:08 AM
The Royal Danish Air Force is 75 years old as a separate service! www.forsvaret.dk/da/nyheder/2...
There's no Nordic customers for these yet, AFAIK, however Kongsberg recently purchased the US manufacturer Zone 5. Will be interesting to see. A mix of high/medium/low effectors might be the way to go, with long-range drones being the "low" category.
The war in Ukraine has highlighted the significant utility of so-called mini cruise missiles.
In my last Missile Matters post in 2025, I provide an overview of the European mini cruise missile market in 2026.
Access the post here:
missilematters.substack.com/p/2026-the-y...
Summary below.
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In my last Missile Matters post in 2025, I provide an overview of the European mini cruise missile market in 2026.
Access the post here:
missilematters.substack.com/p/2026-the-y...
Summary below.
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2026: The Year of the Mini Cruise Missile?
How low cost cruise missiles are reshaping arsenals, procurement, and market competition after Ukraine
missilematters.substack.com
December 28, 2025 at 7:14 PM
There's no Nordic customers for these yet, AFAIK, however Kongsberg recently purchased the US manufacturer Zone 5. Will be interesting to see. A mix of high/medium/low effectors might be the way to go, with long-range drones being the "low" category.
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They’re again advocating against Denmark when it comes to Greenland
December 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
They’re again advocating against Denmark when it comes to Greenland
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On Christmas Day, Moscow sent strategic bombers to Norwegian Sea
On Christmas Day, Moscow sent strategic bombers to Norwegian Sea
Only two days after Tu-95 strategic bombers took off from Olenya, Kola Peninsula, as part of a massive terror raid against Ukraine, similar aircraft from the same base set off towards the Norwegian Se...
www.thebarentsobserver.com
December 27, 2025 at 8:26 PM
On Christmas Day, Moscow sent strategic bombers to Norwegian Sea
Finland's year in hybrid warfare. yle.fi/a/7-10090547
Ett år av hybridhot: Drönare, gps-kaos och kapade kablar – men Skyddspolisen manar till lugn
På juldagen för ett år sedan kom nyheten om att fartyget Eagle S kapat kablar på Finska viken. Så här har hybridkrigföringen sett ut under året.
yle.fi
December 26, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Finland's year in hybrid warfare. yle.fi/a/7-10090547
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Denmark’s MP is mocking Trump’s idea of “buying Greenland”
December 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Denmark’s MP is mocking Trump’s idea of “buying Greenland”
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Statement from #HavShipping concerning #Russia crew employed by company
( #NO #Norway #NOBiz)
#BairdMaritime
www.bairdmaritime.com/shipping/dry...
( #NO #Norway #NOBiz)
#BairdMaritime
www.bairdmaritime.com/shipping/dry...
LETTERS | Norwegian shipping company chair states Russian crew not involved in drone activities
Recently, Baird Maritime columnist Hieronymus Bosch reached out to Norway's HAV Shipping to get the company's take on some of its vessels being involved in a nu
www.bairdmaritime.com
December 24, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Statement from #HavShipping concerning #Russia crew employed by company
( #NO #Norway #NOBiz)
#BairdMaritime
www.bairdmaritime.com/shipping/dry...
( #NO #Norway #NOBiz)
#BairdMaritime
www.bairdmaritime.com/shipping/dry...
Reposting this on Christmas Eve!
Dear followers! As Christmas approaches and the war still rages on, I will do as I did last year and donate my Christmas alcohol budget to VAA, who are good people doing important work. I hope you will consider a donation of your own if you are able. May our next Christmas be a peaceful one.
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December 24, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Reposting this on Christmas Eve!
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Back when a tank btn was something really impressive - 2nd btn Jutland Dragoon Regiment in 1956 (Teddy Børgesen)
December 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Back when a tank btn was something really impressive - 2nd btn Jutland Dragoon Regiment in 1956 (Teddy Børgesen)
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A longer holiday read on the currently quite messy Arctic security dynamics, courtesy of the US.
I hope everyone can get some rest over the holidays, despite everything !
I hope everyone can get some rest over the holidays, despite everything !
New Ice Curtain Or Headed To A Meltdown?
The Arctic is getting more crowded - and less predictable, thanks to weird US flexes.
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December 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
A longer holiday read on the currently quite messy Arctic security dynamics, courtesy of the US.
I hope everyone can get some rest over the holidays, despite everything !
I hope everyone can get some rest over the holidays, despite everything !