Navy Denmark - debate on acquisition of submarines.

[Saithan]

Danmark bør investere i maritime overvågningsfly før anskaffelsen af ubåde - OLFI

DEBAT: Anskaffelse af ubåde er et projekt, som formentlig vil tage omkring 10-12 år fra beslutning til operativ drift. Derfor bør Forsvaret indledningsvis investere i Boeings maritime overvågningsfly P8-A Poseidon, som vil være til stor gavn i jagten på ubåde i danske farvande. Det er snart et...

olfi.dk

The article is written by a retired ship engineer. Who in short says that acquisition of submarines will take 10-12 year. That Denmark would be better of investing P8 initially.

 

[Gary]

Danmark bør investere i maritime overvågningsfly før anskaffelsen af ubåde - OLFI

DEBAT: Anskaffelse af ubåde er et projekt, som formentlig vil tage omkring 10-12 år fra beslutning til operativ drift. Derfor bør Forsvaret indledningsvis investere i Boeings maritime overvågningsfly P8-A Poseidon, som vil være til stor gavn i jagten på ubåde i danske farvande. Det er snart et...

olfi.dk

The article is written by a retired ship engineer. Who in short says that acquisition of submarines will take 10-12 year. That Denmark would be better of investing P8 initially.

Denmark retires and disbanded its submarine fleet decades ago. Pretty sad consider the Danish navy lost the art of submarine warfare with no crew regeneration at this point.

 

[Saithan]

Denmark retires and disbanded its submarine fleet decades ago. Pretty sad consider the Danish navy lost the art of submarine warfare with no crew regeneration at this point.

Yes, but now that mini subs of 500T may be making a breakthrough it would make sense to get some and tech level is much better today. I think a small country like Denmark should go versatile and multirole. Not saying the dedicated frigates we have are bad. They’re pretty good.

 

[Nilgiri]

Danmark bør investere i maritime overvågningsfly før anskaffelsen af ubåde - OLFI

DEBAT: Anskaffelse af ubåde er et projekt, som formentlig vil tage omkring 10-12 år fra beslutning til operativ drift. Derfor bør Forsvaret indledningsvis investere i Boeings maritime overvågningsfly P8-A Poseidon, som vil være til stor gavn i jagten på ubåde i danske farvande. Det er snart et...

olfi.dk

The article is written by a retired ship engineer. Who in short says that acquisition of submarines will take 10-12 year. That Denmark would be better of investing P8 initially.

I agree with him. Go for P-8s while you train crews with say Dutch and Swedish.