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As Absalon deixaram de ser designadas navios de apoio e passaram a ser oficialmente classificadas como Fragatas, recebendo novos números de amura

https://www.instagram.com/p/CGs4WysDbyQ/?igshid=yda7xq7lx60

Uma ideia boa para a nossa marinheca, mudar os números de amura aos NPO e aos Tejo, para fragatas e corvetas respectivamente e temos o probleminha da substituição das Fragatas resolvido.

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Não lhes dês ideia. 

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ATLANTIC OCEAN

Courtesy Photo
Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO 

Photo Courtesy Royal Danish Navy

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Denmark installs SM2 missiles on frigate Niels Juel for first time

POSTED ON TUESDAY, 03 MAY 2022 16:41
According to information published by the Danish MoD on May 3, 2022, surface-to-air SM2 missiles are installed for the first time on the Iver Huitfeldt-class frigate Niels Juel.

Iver Huitfeldt-class frigate HDMS Niels Juel (Picture source: Danish MoD)

The Iver Huitfeldt class is a three-ship class of air defense frigates that entered service with the Royal Danish Navy in 2012 and 2013. The ships were constructed in blocks in Estonia and Lithuania. These blocks were then towed to the Odense Steel Shipyard where they were assembled.
The Iver Huitfeldt-class displaces at 6,500 tons full load and is propelled by four MTU 20V 8000 M70 diesel engines in Combined Diesel and Diesel (CODAD) configuration, allowing a maximum speed of 28 knots, and a maximum range of 9,300 nautical miles at 18 knots.
The Iver Huitfeldt class frigates are equipped with four Mk. 41 8-cell VLS, two Mk. 56 12-cell VLS, up to 16 Harpoon anti-ship cruise missiles, 2 OTO Melara 76mm guns, a 35mm Oerlikon Millenium naval gun, and two triple lightweight torpedo launchers.
It also has a hangar and helicopter deck for medium-sized military helicopters.
The SM-2 missile chases threats closer to the water's surface, defending against anti-ship missiles and aircraft out to 90 nautical miles. SM-2 is a cornerstone of a ship’s layered defense.

It can also be used against in-coming missiles, from very low to very high altitudes and from stationary to supersonic speeds, under a variety of weather conditions, and across a spectrum of electronic countermeasures environments.

https://www.thefifthcolumn.xyz/forum/sea-warfare/224-nato-naval/page4

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"Reabastecer" de misseis AAW uma fragata não é fácil; e as marinhas europeias, usualmente, têm navios com muito menos misseis a bordo que a US Navy e a Marinha Chinesa...   

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Lançamento de SM-2 pela Niels Juel

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Denmark Announces Significant Investment For Its Navy

The Danish Ministry of Defense (MoD) announced on 18 August a plan to invest up to $5.5 billion USD to strengthen the Royal Danish Navy.

Naval News Staff 19 Aug 2022

Danish Frigate F363 Niels Juel. Danish MoD photo by Henning Jespersen-Skree

The war in Ukraine increases the need for stronger, national maritime security equipment. Denmark must be able to build its own warships – and within the coming years this could lead to investments of up to DKK 40 billion. The new partnership will examine and recommend what is needed to support Danish shipbuilding capacity.

Defense Minister Morten Bødskov today launches a new, national partnership for the maritime area. The partnership must work for a stronger security of supply for the Danish defense and at the same time utilize the enormous potential that exists in the Danish maritime sector to support the ongoing needs of the Defence.
“With Russia’s attack on Ukraine and the new European security situation, it is more important than ever that Denmark is able to defend itself. Here, security of supply plays a decisive role. It is crucial that the Armed Forces can obtain the material which is absolutely central to ensuring a strong, Danish defence. This applies not least at sea, where Denmark is one of the world’s largest maritime nations,”
Minister of Defence Morten Bødskov.

“Within the next few years, the Defence Forces will have to replace a large number of ships. This means purchases in the region of DKK 40 billion. The new partnership will make recommendations so that the Danish maritime defence industry can share in these investments. For the benefit of the Danish defence industry, Danish jobs and not least for Denmark’s security,” says the Minister of Defence.

The Minister of Defense has appointed Anne H. Steffensen, managing director of Danske Rederier, as chairman of the partnership. Anne H. Steffensen states:
“We are a large maritime nation with a strong maritime industry both by virtue of our civilian merchant fleet and our navy, which have always had a close interaction. In the coming years, we must strengthen the navy, as a crucial part of Denmark’s defence. A close public-private partnership is the right way to go. In Denmark, we have many competencies that can and must be used when new ships are to be developed and built. As chairman of the new partnership, I look forward to making recommendations on how we can best and on reasonable terms support the needs of the Armed Forces in the maritime area”

CEO of Dansk Industri, Lars Sandahl Sørensen, states:

“To that extent, we look forward to contributing very actively to the new partnership, with the knowledge, technology and innovation we possess in the business world. It is a natural extension of the national compromise on Danish security policy, which we in the business community fully support. Stronger Danish security requires further intensified, close cooperation between defense and industry. We have a proud tradition of developing and building ships for Danish defence, and with this partnership we continue and strengthen this.”

Dansk Metal’s chairman, Claus Jensen, states:

“Denmark faces massive maritime investments in the coming years, which Danish shipyards can bid on. It is visionary that one politically wants to combine defense policy and industrial policy. This is what we at Dansk Metal have been calling for for many years – it could become a new business adventure and create lots of Danish jobs. The maritime partnership ensures that everyone works in the same direction for the benefit of Denmark.”

Facts about the partnership

The new, national partnership for the maritime area must ensure coordination across the state, industry, professional organizations and financial institutions. This applies, among other things, to the work to strengthen Denmark’s national shipbuilding capacity.

The partnership must prepare an analysis that results in concrete recommendations on how we can best support the Norwegian Armed Forces’ long-term needs for ship procurement – among other things by ensuring that Denmark has the skills to design, build and maintain warships.

The partnership is made up of members appointed by the following organisations:

Ministry of Defense (“Deputy Chairman”)
The Defense Command at the Defense Ship Programme
The Ministry of Defence’s Materiel and Procurement Agency
Ministry of Business
Ministry of Education and Research
Danish Industry
Danish Metal
Danish Maritime
3F Industry
Insurance & Pension
Maritime DTU
MARTEC in Frederikshavn

https://www.thefifthcolumn.xyz/forum/sea-warfare/224-nato-naval/page4

Se Os Dinamarqueses que tem a frota que tem, precisam de substituir a maioria dos navios, nós, a de superficie, temos de a substituir toda, além de adquirir o AOR + o NPL !!

A frota Dinamarquesa em 2017

 

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As Strike frigate

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https://esut.de/2023/06/meldungen/42838/neue-patrouillenschiffe-fuer-die-daenische-marine/

Iniciado o projeto para desenvolver novas patrulhas / corvetas dinamarquesas

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A 🇵🇹 @OceanScanMST forneceu veículos submarinos leves portáteis não tripulados modulares LAUV (Light Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) para a 🇩🇰 @forsvaretdk "Royal Danish Navy". Foram adquiridos pela 🇩🇰 DALO em 2021.

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The 🇩🇰 #RoyalDanishNavy frigate HDMS Iver Huitfeldt (F361) on March 14, 2025, equipped with new OTO76 Super Rapido guns—possibly in response to issues encountered in the Red Sea the previous year (pic. 3 with the old guns). Photos by Kurt Pedersen.

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Danish Navy to receive major upgrade as political parties unite on defense plan

April 24, 2025, by Fatima Bahtić

The Danish Government and the Danish Democrats, the Socialist People’s Party, Liberal Alliance, the Conservative People’s Party, the Danish People’s Party, and the Social Liberal Party have entered into an agreement under the Danish Defence Agreement 2024-2033 to strengthen the Danish Navy.

https://www.navaltoday.com/2025/04/24/danish-navy-to-receive-major-upgrade-as-political-parties-unite-on-defense-plan/

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Danish Chief of Defence recommends abandoning frigate upgrade
Published on 05/06/2025
By Naval News Staff


DMS Iver Huitfeldt frigate in the Strait of Hormuz (Danish MoD picture)
 
In a controversial announcement reported by Danish outlet DR News, the Danish Chief of Defence, General Michael Hyldgaard, has recommended to the Ministry of Defence and the parties of the Defence Agreement to abandon the ongoing repair and planned upgrade of the Danish Navy’s Iver Huitfeldt-class air defence frigates.

By Lars Hoffman / Hartpunkt.

The controversy of the recommendation stems from the fact that the three “Iver Huitfeldt” class ships are the most modern and, at least in theory, capable vessels in the Danish Navy. The Ivar Huitfeldt class consists of three ships: the “Iver Huitfeldt”, the “Peter Willemoes” and the “Niels Juel”. The ships are essentially identical, with a length of 138m, a displacement of 6.600 tons, and a range of some 9.000 nautical miles. The ships are classified as air defence frigates, and are armed with twin  OTO Melara 76 mm guns, a single 35mm Oerlikon Millennium close-in weapon system, as well as a total of 44 ea. vertical launch cells for RIM-66 SM-2 and RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow (ESSM) surface-to-air missiles. These weapons are complemented by Harpoon anti-ship missiles and MU90 anti-submarine torpedoes. The frigates also have a facilities for a Sikorsky MH-60R multi-purpose helicopter.

The recommendation by the Chief of Defence to abandon these seemingly capable ships is based on three factors:

First of all, on 09 March 2024, during a deployment in the Red Sea, the air defence systems of the Iver Huitfeldt experienced several serious failures, including a software fault in the missile fire control system that disabled the frigate’s SM-2 and ESSM missiles for around 30 min. For over a year now, technical experts have attempted to resolve and repair the faults, but to no decisive effect. It is important to note that the faults in question affect all three ships of the class, since their weapons, fire control and sensor systems are the same.

Although the frigates have continued to operate in training and patrol missions, the issues with the weapon systems have significantly impacted the Danish Navy’s ability to contribute to the NATO standing naval forces.

Secondly, in addition to the ongoing repairs, the frigates are facing a major upgrade of their sensors and fire control system, which is estimated to cost several billion Danish Kroner (several hundred million Euro).

And lastly, the procurement of new air defence frigates, as a replacement for or supplement to the Iver Huitfeldt class, is already part of the second phase of the Danish “Fleet Plan”, as previously reported. The final definition of and agreement on phase 2 of the plan is expected in the near future.



It is on this background that the Danish Chief of Defence has recommended to drop the planned upgrade of the Iver Huitfeldt-class, and instead focus on the rapid procurement and entry into service of a new class of air defence frigate, tailored to Denmark’s and NATO’s new security situation, and equipped with modern sensors and weapon systems.

However, also as per the recommendation of the Chief of Defence, the Iver Huitfeldt-class ships should not be scrapped or sold, but rather be repurposed. Specifically, the ships should have their sensor and weapons capabilities scaled down, and be turned into long range patrol ships, as a supplement to the Danish Navy’s smaller, shorter-ranged Diana-class patrol vessels. These latter are currently hard pressed to fulfil their duties as patrol, fisheries inspection and search and rescue vessels.

The final part of the recommendation concerns the two Absalon-class frigates currently in Danish Navy service. These should, according to the Chief of Defence, continue in service in their assigned role of anti-submarine frigates.

Mr. Carsten Bach, defence spokesperson for the Liberal Alliance party, commented that acquiring new frigates was a priority, since the Iver Huitfeldt-class ships evidently were not mission ready. When asked if the new frigates should be built in Denmark, Carsten Bach said that, while national assurance of supply was important, Denmark needs a mission capable frigate capacity as soon as possible. While not explicitly stated, this could be taken to imply a focus on speed rather than on national production.

It should be stressed, though, that the second phase of the Danish Naval Plan has yet to be agreed upon, so time will have to tell of the recommendation from the Chief of Defence is followed.

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2025/06/danish-chief-of-defence-recommends-abandoning-frigate-upgrade/

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Por cá continua a estudar-se ( eternamente) um upgrade da treta a navios com quase 35 anos


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