Yeah, but MLRS doesn't have to fire all its rockets at once, and guided rockets are now available for it.

The tubes, when replaced, will of course be better in hitting multiple point targets than the traditional cluster munitions of the MLRS. The ATACM can do this too. The Danish military made a document called the K-Note, which it presented to the politicos. It basically outlined "packages of capabilites" and their associated cost. This not to save money, but to become more focused. I agree it has little logic. But neither does the scrapping of the sub sqn. OTOH gettig rid of the medium-range groundbased AD was a good idea IMV.

I'm a bit puzzled about the retirement of the MRLS, wonder where these units end up???

"I'm a bit puzzled about the retirement of the MRLS, wonder where these units end up???" Moth-balled in some vehicle depot, I suppose. I haven't heard anything about selling them.

Now that is interesting!

Well, never know if it couldn't come in handy sometime within the next 20 years or something. Current plans dictates, that should a threat arise to mainland Denmark, we would know at least 10 years in advance and have the time to build up our forces. Although it does remind me of the Russians, who still has WWII(and post-WWII) tanks and artillery pieces by the tens of thousands stashed away in storages all over the country, as well as huge supplies of fuel, ammunition etc. Maybe when my grandson enters the military in 2050 or something like that, he will get the job of polishing and maintaining M109 pieces "just in case".

Well on tanks they've been a bit smarter: scrapped all the old Centurions and bought new Leo 1 and 2 at the german firesale - and put them in storage.

85 MOWAG IV's and 91 Piranha IV's for the Army http://img.borsen.dk/img/dagens-nyheder/41/81641.jpg ALT=MowagIV> The Mowag IV's will have a .50 cal and thermal sights for night fighting. The 91 Piranhas were ordered last October, whilst 85 Mowag IV's were ordered today. Btw, the days of mobilization defence are over. When you remove capabilities and missions from a military the size of the Danish, they are most likely gone forever. Almost the same with laying off mobilization units. After a few years this capability is gone too, and will take years to build up again. Not done overnight.

91 Piranha III, that is... :-|

It seems like they follow my recommandation and move away from the sole concentration on mechanised forces and move towards a balance between armoured, mechanised and motorised. Those vihikles are better suited for the Baltic countries - go figure.