I'm lucky that I'm head of a navy that has just got a whole bunch of new ships. Our whole naval inventory is new: what was not renewed during the last five years will be renewed during the next five. All the investments on the navy side have been made. Therefore, I don't foresee any new acquisitions, except for those already planned within the next ten years. So the Danish navy will end up having three frigates, two command platforms, four Arctic patrol frigates, three Arctic patrol vessels, eight smaller combat units consisting of four minehunters and four small coastal corvettes, and approximately 12 ships to take care of the sovereignty surveillance in Danish areas. It is a fairly small but very modern navy.
On June 16th, 2009. See this statement in context.