Meanwhile the Country has unlocked the largest military investment ever to shield itself with 8 new air defense systems, including the Franco-Italian SAMP/T

Denmark is on highest alert for the security of its airspace: authorities have accelerated countermeasures against the growing drone threat. Following recent sightings of unmanned aircraft over military bases and critical sites, the Danish company Weibel has installed the Xenta-M5 radar in the immediate vicinity of Copenhagen Airport. The action, communicated just now by the Danish Ministry of Defence on its X account, underlines the urgency with which authorities and suppliers are operating 24 hours a day to implement counter-drone defence systems. The objective is to protect critical infrastructure from what the Danish government has described as outright "violations" of airspace. The Xenta-M5 radar is a technology specialized in detecting and classifying small, slow, low-altitude targets.

This tactical and immediate response fits into a much broader strategic reinforcement framework, launched a few days earlier. On 17 September the parties signatory to the Defence Agreement approved the largest single investment ever made in the Danish Defence: the purchase of a total of eight ground-based air and missile defence systems, which will cover medium- and long-range requirements.

The Minister of Defence, Troels Lund Poulsen, called air defence an "absolute priority" in rebuilding the Danish Armed Forces, citing lessons learned from the conflict in Ukraine. For the long-range component, Denmark opted for the Franco‑Italian SAMP/T system. For the medium range, the final decision is still open, with the Nasams (Norwegian), Iris-T (German) and VL Mica (French) systems under evaluation. Preparation of these new systems is already underway and the Danish Army expects the first part of the new air defence capability to be operational by the end of the year.

On airspace violations see also AVIONEWS 1, 2 and 3.