La Danimarca coopererà con la Francia sulla deterrenza nucleare

I wonder why? The next Poker exercise will be interesting.

The French strategical airforces perform a regular nuclear exercise, Poker, involving an ASMPs raid somewhere. Until now, no one in Europe was really interested in participating despite some invitations.

Something is changing in recent decades.

Denmark was a no nuclear nation for 4 decades. No nuclear power. No nuclear weapons. It even expected foreign powers to not have obvious nukes on their military vessels. Yes sir. Pull that tarp over those pointy things. No nukes to be seen on the ship when we sail through Danish waters.

Now there is three different companies working on the nuclear energy of tomorrow. A political debate on allowing nukes on Danish territory. One political party that for this election campaign says stop the expansion of wind and invest 140 billion in nuclear reactors.

Why that political party wants to invest in old expensive nuclear power plants, when the research is being done to develop container sized models or different fission material I can not answer.

This is very positive news. The only disappointing thing is that we don’t drop the prohibition on nuclear weapons on Danish soil. It limits the effectiveness of this deal. I hope in time the warheads will flow freely amongst the participating nations, contributing to the necessary uncertainty about their location.

I have great respect for France and De Gaulle’s extraordinary foresight in seeking strategic autonomy. Europe would be in a very different position today had France not chosen that path.