Space Travel News
SUPERPOWERS
 Denmark to send NATO battalion to Latvia in 2024
Denmark to send NATO battalion to Latvia in 2024
 by AFP Staff Writers
 Copenhagen (AFP) May 2, 2023

Denmark will send a NATO battalion to Latvia next year to help support the Baltic state following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the defence ministry said Tuesday.

"As of mid-2024, Denmark will make a battalion available to NATO for the defence of the Baltic states, which will be deployed in Latvia part of the year and the rest of the year in Denmark, where it will be on standby ready to go to the Baltic states in the event of a crisis," a ministry statement said.

The battalion is expected to made up of between 700 and 1,200 troops.

"The composition and the size of the battalion, as well as the duration of the specific deployments, will depend on NATO and its allies' needs", as well as the Danish forces' deployment possibilities, the statement added.

Former Soviet states on NATO's eastern front have called for the alliance to boost defence capacity in the region.

Denmark is part of a permanent NATO mission in the region dubbed the Enhanced Forward Presence and last March sent 225 soldiers to Estonia.

Related Links
 Learn about the Superpowers of the 21st Century at SpaceWar.com
Learn about nuclear weapons doctrine and defense at SpaceWar.com

Subscribe Free To Our Daily Newsletters
Tweet

RELATED CONTENT
The following news reports may link to other Space Media Network websites.
SUPERPOWERS
Chinese FM to visit Myanmar: ministry
 Beijing (AFP) May 2, 2023
 Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang will visit Myanmar on Tuesday, Beijing said. Myanmar has been riven by violence and turmoil after its military toppled Aung San Suu Kyi's government in a coup over two years ago. China is a major ally and arms supplier of the internationally isolated junta and has refused to condemn the putsch. Beijing also backs and arms several ethnic rebel groups along its border with Myanmar, analysts say. Some of these groups have clashed repeatedly with the milita ... read more
SUPERPOWERS
SUPERPOWERS
Ensuring robotic arm safety during abrasions

 Sols 3812-3813: Tiny Sticks Poking Out at Us

 New findings indicate gene-edited rice might survive in Martian soil

 Curiosity: Move slowly and don't break things: Sols 3810-3811
SUPERPOWERS
China's International Lunar Research Station advances

 Fly me to the Moon: Firms lining up lunar landings

 NASA extracts oxygen from lunar soil simulant

 China lunar samples gifted to Russia, France
SUPERPOWERS
Juice's first taste of science from space

 Icy Moonquakes: Surface Shaking Could Trigger Landslides

 Europe's Jupiter probe launched

 Europe's JUICE mission blasts off towards Jupiter's icy moons
SUPERPOWERS
A stormy, active sun may have kickstarted life on Earth

 Can ET detect us

 Scientists discover rare element in exoplanet's atmosphere

 UGA researchers discover new planet outside solar system
SUPERPOWERS
Falcon Heavy launches massive GEO satellite for Viasat

 SpaceX launches first expendable Falcon Heavy rocket

 A second pair of SES' O3b mPower satellites launched on a SpaceX rocket

 Heavy thunderstorms force SpaceX to delay launch of Falcon Heavy rocket
SUPERPOWERS
China to promote space science progress on five themes

 China to develop satellite constellation for deep space exploration

 China's space missions break new ground

 Space exploration for betterment of humankind
SUPERPOWERS
SOHO chases asteroid's tail

 Asteroid's comet-like tail is not made of dust, solar observatories reveal

 What colour is an asteroid? Hyperspectral imager to find out

 China to launch Tianwen 2 mission to explore asteroid
Subscribe Free To Our Daily Newsletters




The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2024 - Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principals for news reporting and research purposes. AFP, UPI and IANS news wire stories are copyright Agence France-Presse, United Press International and Indo-Asia News Service. ESA news reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. All articles labeled "by Staff Writers" include reports supplied to Space Media Network by industry news wires, PR agencies, corporate press officers and the like. Such articles are individually curated and edited by Space Media Network staff on the basis of the report's information value to our industry and professional readership. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space Media Network on any Web page published or hosted by Space Media Network. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Statement Our advertisers use various cookies and the like to deliver the best ad banner available at one time. All network advertising suppliers have GDPR policies (Legitimate Interest) that conform with EU regulations for data collection. By using our websites you consent to cookie based advertising. If you do not agree with this then you must stop using the websites from May 25, 2018. Privacy Statement. Additional information can be found here at About Us.