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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (North Atlantic Alliance) is an intergovernmental military alliance which was signed in Washington on 4 April 1949. NATO is a system of collective security: its independent member states agree to defend each other against attacks by others countries. NATO's main headquarters are located in Brussels. The following twelve states signed the treaty and became the founding members: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, United Kingdom and United States. The following states joined the treaty after 1949: Greece, Germany, Turkey and Spain. Members who joined after the dissolution of the Soviet Union: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Albania, Croatia, Montenegro and North Macedonia.

Before and during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, several NATO countries sent army to reinforce the alliance's eastern flank. Alliance had deployed 40,000 troops along its 2,500 kilometres long Eastern flank to deter possible Russian aggression. On 5 July the North Atlantic Alliance members signed off on the accession protocols for Sweden and Finland and formally approved the decisions of the NATO summit.

Finland joined the alliance on 4 April 2023.

Denmark is a country located in Northern Europe with an area of 43,094 km2 (land boundries: 141 km and costline 7,314 km). The capital of Denmark is Copenhagen. The number of inhabitants is 5,982,117.

Denmark joined NATO in 1949 and the EEC (now the EU) in 1973. Military inventory is comprised of modern European, US, and domestically produced weapons and equipment. The Danish defense industry is active in the production of naval vessels, defense electronics, and subcomponents of larger weapons systems, such as the US F-35 fighter aircraft; the major warships of the Royal Danish Navy were all produced domestically.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget

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1338.7 billion $
5 billion $

Percent of GDP

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0 %
1.4 %

Manpower

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Active personnel

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3,298,939
21,000

Reserve personnel

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2,728,032
63,000

Available for military

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211,574,462
2,605,137

Land Forces

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Tanks

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12,475
44
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Armoured fighting vehicles

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84,910
621
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Total artillery

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12,894
27
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Self-propelled artillery

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4,495
19
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Rocket artillery

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1,759
8

Air Forces

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Total aircraft

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21,265
133
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Fighter

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904
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Multirole

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3,843
48
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Attack

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642
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Helicopters

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7,977
34
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UCAV (combat drone)

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958
0

Navy

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Total naval

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2,264
79
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Aircraft carriers

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30
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Destroyers

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122
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Frigates

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120
9
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Corvettes

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64
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Submarines

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150
0

Nuclear weapons

NATO

Data not available

Denmark

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

NATO

Data not available

Denmark

18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscripts serve an initial training period that varies from 4 to 12 months depending on specialization; former conscripts are assigned to mobilization units; women eligible to volunteer for military service; in addition to full time employment, the Danish military offers reserve contracts in all three branches