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Denmark acquires KONGSBERG's Naval Strike Missile in a transaction valued at NOK 2.1 billion
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (‘KONGSBERG’) has
signed a contract to deliver the Naval Strike Missile (NSM) and
associated installed equipment to Denmark in a transaction valued at NOK
2.1 billion.
“We are pleased to welcome Denmark to the group of countries that
have selected the NSM, underpinning its position as the anti-ship
missile of choice for Nato navies,”
---- said Eirik Lie, President of
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace.
The Danish Ministry of Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation (DALO) is acquiring the NSM missiles and equipment for its Iver Huitfeldt-class frigates. The accelerated acquisition process is structured as a government-to-government (G2G) sale between DALO and its Norwegian counterpart, the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency (FMA). KONGSBERG signed a contract with FMA.
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“This government-to-government agreement with Norway is a prime
example of an efficient way to procure equipment quickly and smartly.
The missiles are a state-of-the-art replacement for the Harpoons that
have served their purpose in Ukraine, and with this acquisition, we are
significantly strengthening the Royal Danish Navy's combat capability in
a key area,”
--- said Lieutenant General Per Pugholm Olsen, Commanding
General of DALO.
“We were tasked to carry out this sale earlier this winter, and have successfully concluded the agreement in record time. This helps Denmark gain access to modern missiles from the Norwegian defence industry and demonstrates our ability to efficiently facilitate such agreements with our international partners,” said Gro Jære, Director of the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency.
Denmark has become the 14th country to select the Naval Strike
Missile, joining the navies of
- Norway,
- Poland,
- Malaysia,
- Germany,
- the United States (Navy and Marine Corp),
- Romania,
- Canada,
- Australia,
- Spain,
- the UK,
- the Netherlands,
- Belgium and
- Latvia.
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Iran-Contra, Meet DOGE
OPENING UNDERSTATEMENT: Iran-Contra
has never quite lived up to its potential as a political scandal.
- Watergate fires on all cylinders: a villainous president, a Constitutional Crisis™, a smoking gun, a resignation.
- You can make a pretty good movie about Watergate.
Illustration: Hokyoung Kim for Bloomberg
All
of those hearings and court cases, all those thousands of pages of
testimony and diaries and internal documents have never coalesced into a
memorable political fable.
Sure, some rogue spies and security state
officials were so committed to fighting baddies that they sold a few
weapons and supported a few freedom fighters in ways that may
technically have violated some statutes.
But what was the harm?
It
certainly did no lasting damage to Ronald Reagan’s reputation. The only people who still care about Iran-Contra are history buffs and the civics-obsessed.
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