Hans Tino Hansen
@hanstino.bsky.social
Realistic optimist, Founder & CEO Risk Intelligence, IR & economics, defence, security, military and naval history - especially during the Napoleonic period - the Cold War…and football
On Bluesky since 11 Nov 2024
On Bluesky since 11 Nov 2024
#OTD 6 December 1813 at Alt Rahlstedt Col. Engelsted’s (P1) 🇩🇰 Jyske Regiment Lette Dragoner & 🇫🇷 28eme Chasseurs á cheval routed a large cossack force and charged straight into Pahlen’s Russian cavalry brigade with Izum Husar & Riga Dragoon regiments at Siek, where the 🇩🇰2iC Col Bonnichsen fell (P2)
December 6, 2025 at 10:01 AM
#OTD 6 December 1813 at Alt Rahlstedt Col. Engelsted’s (P1) 🇩🇰 Jyske Regiment Lette Dragoner & 🇫🇷 28eme Chasseurs á cheval routed a large cossack force and charged straight into Pahlen’s Russian cavalry brigade with Izum Husar & Riga Dragoon regiments at Siek, where the 🇩🇰2iC Col Bonnichsen fell (P2)
Julefrokost! What could possibly go wrong!
December 5, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Julefrokost! What could possibly go wrong!
Friday 5 Dec 🇩🇰Denmark, 🇸🇪Sweden and 🇫🇮Finland will move as areas of responsibility from NATO Joint Force Command Brunssum to Joint Force Command Norfolk, where they will join 🇳🇴Norway 🇬🇧UK & 🇮🇸 Iceland. At least this connects the Nordic countries but is not AFNORTH 2.0
shape.nato.int/news-release...
shape.nato.int/news-release...
December 4, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Friday 5 Dec 🇩🇰Denmark, 🇸🇪Sweden and 🇫🇮Finland will move as areas of responsibility from NATO Joint Force Command Brunssum to Joint Force Command Norfolk, where they will join 🇳🇴Norway 🇬🇧UK & 🇮🇸 Iceland. At least this connects the Nordic countries but is not AFNORTH 2.0
shape.nato.int/news-release...
shape.nato.int/news-release...
Finally, a list of all Danish airmen
November 30, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Finally, a list of all Danish airmen
Lt Mogens Fensbo served in the 🇩🇰Army Air Corps in 1933 and was a civilian pilot, but joined the 🇫🇮 Air Force in December 1939 and flew Gloster Gladiators from 🇸🇪to 🇫🇮 with Clauson Kaas. Served in Llv 28 flying MS406 and shot down an I-153 over Viipurinlahti 9 March 1940.
November 30, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Lt Mogens Fensbo served in the 🇩🇰Army Air Corps in 1933 and was a civilian pilot, but joined the 🇫🇮 Air Force in December 1939 and flew Gloster Gladiators from 🇸🇪to 🇫🇮 with Clauson Kaas. Served in Llv 28 flying MS406 and shot down an I-153 over Viipurinlahti 9 March 1940.
Lt Knud von Clauson Kaas participated in the 🇫🇮Civil War in 1918 as an observer in the White Air Force. Joined the 🇩🇰Army Air Corps and became a pilot in 1926. In 1940 age 45 he re-joined the 🇫🇮Air Force flying Gloster Gladiators from 🇸🇪to 🇫🇮. Then to Llv 28 flying MS406 fighters
November 30, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Lt Knud von Clauson Kaas participated in the 🇫🇮Civil War in 1918 as an observer in the White Air Force. Joined the 🇩🇰Army Air Corps and became a pilot in 1926. In 1940 age 45 he re-joined the 🇫🇮Air Force flying Gloster Gladiators from 🇸🇪to 🇫🇮. Then to Llv 28 flying MS406 fighters
Somewhat confusing for the Finns, there was also another Gloster Gladiator pilot at LLv 26 with the same surname but spelled with “k”, 🇩🇰Army Lt Carl Kristensen, who joined 🇫🇮 Air Force and was shot down and KIA 29 February 1940 over Ruokolahti.
November 30, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Somewhat confusing for the Finns, there was also another Gloster Gladiator pilot at LLv 26 with the same surname but spelled with “k”, 🇩🇰Army Lt Carl Kristensen, who joined 🇫🇮 Air Force and was shot down and KIA 29 February 1940 over Ruokolahti.
🇩🇰Army Air Corps 1st Lt Paul Christensen joined 🇫🇮 Air Force 5 February 1940. He saw action w Llv. 26 in Gloster Gladiator and got 1/2 kill 19 Feb and 1 probable before he was shot down over Ruodalahti 29 February and survived badly burned.
November 30, 2025 at 9:27 AM
🇩🇰Army Air Corps 1st Lt Paul Christensen joined 🇫🇮 Air Force 5 February 1940. He saw action w Llv. 26 in Gloster Gladiator and got 1/2 kill 19 Feb and 1 probable before he was shot down over Ruodalahti 29 February and survived badly burned.
🇩🇰 Danish Naval Air Service Lt Jørn Ulrich deserts 1 January 1940 to join the 🇫🇮 Air Force. He flew Gloster Gladiator in LLv. 26 and got three kills before being shot down, but survived wounded. Later during WW2 he served in 🇩🇰 Air Force in Sweden.
November 30, 2025 at 9:27 AM
🇩🇰 Danish Naval Air Service Lt Jørn Ulrich deserts 1 January 1940 to join the 🇫🇮 Air Force. He flew Gloster Gladiator in LLv. 26 and got three kills before being shot down, but survived wounded. Later during WW2 he served in 🇩🇰 Air Force in Sweden.
Lt Knut Kalmberg joined 🇩🇰 Navy in 1933 and then Naval Air Service in 1937. Trained as a pilot in 1938 he applied the Navy to join the 🇫🇮 forces. Rejected, Knut Kalmberg and his friend Jørn Ulrich👇🏻deserts to fight for Finland and gets one kill before KIA.
November 30, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Lt Knut Kalmberg joined 🇩🇰 Navy in 1933 and then Naval Air Service in 1937. Trained as a pilot in 1938 he applied the Navy to join the 🇫🇮 forces. Rejected, Knut Kalmberg and his friend Jørn Ulrich👇🏻deserts to fight for Finland and gets one kill before KIA.
Another pilot was Lt Frits Rasmussen here with his kill 8th February 1940 who should have flown glider plane at the 1940 Olympics. Together with Frijs he had planned a trip in a Danish KZ plane from Europe to Singapore. Instead they both volunteered for Finland and paid the ultimate price
November 30, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Another pilot was Lt Frits Rasmussen here with his kill 8th February 1940 who should have flown glider plane at the 1940 Olympics. Together with Frijs he had planned a trip in a Danish KZ plane from Europe to Singapore. Instead they both volunteered for Finland and paid the ultimate price
One of the pilots was Count Erhard Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs who on 30 January 1940 became the first Danish fighter pilot to shoot down an enemy plane, when he in a Finnish Airforce Fokkker D.XXI of LLv 24 shot down a Russian Tupolev SB bomber. He was killed after 2 more SB kills 19 February 1940
November 30, 2025 at 9:27 AM
One of the pilots was Count Erhard Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs who on 30 January 1940 became the first Danish fighter pilot to shoot down an enemy plane, when he in a Finnish Airforce Fokkker D.XXI of LLv 24 shot down a Russian Tupolev SB bomber. He was killed after 2 more SB kills 19 February 1940
One who actually managed to join the 🇫🇮 army in time was 1st Lt Hans Fenger of the Guard Hussars who served in the 2nd squadron of the 🇫🇮 cavalry regiment Nylands Dragonregemente and was killed in action 17 February at Lake Ladoga.
November 30, 2025 at 9:27 AM
One who actually managed to join the 🇫🇮 army in time was 1st Lt Hans Fenger of the Guard Hussars who served in the 2nd squadron of the 🇫🇮 cavalry regiment Nylands Dragonregemente and was killed in action 17 February at Lake Ladoga.
The first team of 🇩🇰air defenders has completed the 🇳🇴Norwegian-🇩🇰Danish NASAMS training programme and the first system will be deployed to Denmark before end-2025.
November 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The first team of 🇩🇰air defenders has completed the 🇳🇴Norwegian-🇩🇰Danish NASAMS training programme and the first system will be deployed to Denmark before end-2025.
The 🇩🇰Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation (DALO) & Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles has signed a framework agreement of up to 1,000 HX & TG trucks. The initial order is for 100 trucks for the 1st (heavy infantry) Brigade. The Army has 215 MAN SX45 8x8 og MAN HX77 8x8
November 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The 🇩🇰Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation (DALO) & Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles has signed a framework agreement of up to 1,000 HX & TG trucks. The initial order is for 100 trucks for the 1st (heavy infantry) Brigade. The Army has 215 MAN SX45 8x8 og MAN HX77 8x8
Today, the 🇩🇰Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation (DALO) and 🇳🇴Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace announced the contract for new NASAMS systems that eventually will replace the used systems leased in a deal signed in July. Order value is 3.7bn DKK (500m EUR). Links 👇🏻
November 27, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Today, the 🇩🇰Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation (DALO) and 🇳🇴Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace announced the contract for new NASAMS systems that eventually will replace the used systems leased in a deal signed in July. Order value is 3.7bn DKK (500m EUR). Links 👇🏻
🇩🇰Denmark is hopelessly lacking behind on national satellite capacity according to a new report from the Danish Institute on International Studies. This has significant impact on the capacity to monitor and communicate in the High North including 🇬🇱& 🇫🇴
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
🇩🇰Denmark is hopelessly lacking behind on national satellite capacity according to a new report from the Danish Institute on International Studies. This has significant impact on the capacity to monitor and communicate in the High North including 🇬🇱& 🇫🇴
Now it is all about turning words into action!
Joint Statement by the Leaders of the Nordic-Baltic Eight
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Joint Statement by the Leaders of the Nordic-Baltic Eight
stm.dk/statsministe...
November 22, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Now it is all about turning words into action!
Joint Statement by the Leaders of the Nordic-Baltic Eight
stm.dk/statsministe...
Joint Statement by the Leaders of the Nordic-Baltic Eight
stm.dk/statsministe...
Russia and their new allies’ terms of Ukrainian surrender should immediately be denied by this group of countries.
As Kennan wrote back in 1946:
“Russia is deaf to the logic of reason but very sensitive to the logic of power.”
As Kennan wrote back in 1946:
“Russia is deaf to the logic of reason but very sensitive to the logic of power.”
November 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Russia and their new allies’ terms of Ukrainian surrender should immediately be denied by this group of countries.
As Kennan wrote back in 1946:
“Russia is deaf to the logic of reason but very sensitive to the logic of power.”
As Kennan wrote back in 1946:
“Russia is deaf to the logic of reason but very sensitive to the logic of power.”
Fra denne formiddags gåtur
November 16, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Fra denne formiddags gåtur
🇩🇰Denmark signs contract with Saab for additional 84mm Carl-Gustaf M4 recoilless rifles, ammunition and training equipment worth 450m DKK (47m EUR) as a follow up on the first M4 order in 2022.
The Danish Army had 1,117 Carl-Gustaf M2 and M3 by the end of the #Coldwar
The Danish Army had 1,117 Carl-Gustaf M2 and M3 by the end of the #Coldwar
November 12, 2025 at 11:14 AM
🇩🇰Denmark signs contract with Saab for additional 84mm Carl-Gustaf M4 recoilless rifles, ammunition and training equipment worth 450m DKK (47m EUR) as a follow up on the first M4 order in 2022.
The Danish Army had 1,117 Carl-Gustaf M2 and M3 by the end of the #Coldwar
The Danish Army had 1,117 Carl-Gustaf M2 and M3 by the end of the #Coldwar
Lest we forget
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them
November 11, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Lest we forget
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them
🇩🇰 Hjemmeværnet (Home Guard) will get more equipment for the many new volunteers:
- M25 C8 MRR rifles
- SpecterDR for rifles and LMGs
- CG M4 recoilles rifles
- VooDoo-B thermal cameras
- M18 night vision gogles
- Backpack M17, 35 L
- TYR tactical vests
- Sleeping bags, etc
www.fmi.dk/da/nyheder/2...
- M25 C8 MRR rifles
- SpecterDR for rifles and LMGs
- CG M4 recoilles rifles
- VooDoo-B thermal cameras
- M18 night vision gogles
- Backpack M17, 35 L
- TYR tactical vests
- Sleeping bags, etc
www.fmi.dk/da/nyheder/2...
November 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
🇩🇰 Hjemmeværnet (Home Guard) will get more equipment for the many new volunteers:
- M25 C8 MRR rifles
- SpecterDR for rifles and LMGs
- CG M4 recoilles rifles
- VooDoo-B thermal cameras
- M18 night vision gogles
- Backpack M17, 35 L
- TYR tactical vests
- Sleeping bags, etc
www.fmi.dk/da/nyheder/2...
- M25 C8 MRR rifles
- SpecterDR for rifles and LMGs
- CG M4 recoilles rifles
- VooDoo-B thermal cameras
- M18 night vision gogles
- Backpack M17, 35 L
- TYR tactical vests
- Sleeping bags, etc
www.fmi.dk/da/nyheder/2...
Interestingly, the 🇩🇰Danish Ministry of Defence is now starting to announce what we are NOT acquiring….
This time it is the 🇮🇱Israeli BARAK MX system we will not acquire as “stop-gap” GBAD.
www.fmn.dk/da/nyheder/2...
This time it is the 🇮🇱Israeli BARAK MX system we will not acquire as “stop-gap” GBAD.
www.fmn.dk/da/nyheder/2...
October 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Interestingly, the 🇩🇰Danish Ministry of Defence is now starting to announce what we are NOT acquiring….
This time it is the 🇮🇱Israeli BARAK MX system we will not acquire as “stop-gap” GBAD.
www.fmn.dk/da/nyheder/2...
This time it is the 🇮🇱Israeli BARAK MX system we will not acquire as “stop-gap” GBAD.
www.fmn.dk/da/nyheder/2...
#OTD 24 October 1808 the Danish fortress at Christiansø island in the Baltic under the commandant Johan Henrik August von Kohl, beats off an attack by a Royal Navy squadron of 2 ships- of-line and 6 frigates.
#navalhistory
#navalhistory
October 24, 2025 at 5:50 AM
#OTD 24 October 1808 the Danish fortress at Christiansø island in the Baltic under the commandant Johan Henrik August von Kohl, beats off an attack by a Royal Navy squadron of 2 ships- of-line and 6 frigates.
#navalhistory
#navalhistory