Abstract
The Danish and Norwegian armed services constitute the majority of the resident forces available for the defense of the Northern Flank of Allied Command Europe. Since the 1967 Harmel Report, the Danes have used NATO as an instrument of detente, with a particular emphasis on confidence-building with the Warsaw Pact. By 1987 it is planned to increase the war strength to 12,840, but this is to be accomplished by increasing the Reserves from 3,870 to 4,685. In the early 1960s the air force had a strength of 160 jets in ten squadrons, but by 1984 it had been reduced to 96 combat aircraft in six squadrons. It has been suggested that the Soviets might seek to outflank the Norwegian army by attacking through Finnish and Swedish territory. The Norwegian air force is small, with its main strength in fighters. The Danish and Norwegian armed forces present a series of parallels and paradoxes.
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