Denmark announces deep-strike munitions procurement
An artist's impression of a JSM being launched from the internal weapons bay of an F-35A. Denmark is acquiring the missile as par of a wider deep-strike weapons procurement package that also includes the Anthem cruise missile. (Kongsberg)
Denmark is to acquire long range munitions “to strike back deep in enemy territory”, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said on 22 October 2026.
The package will include an undisclosed number of Kongsberg-RTX AGM-184 Joint Strike Missiles (JSMs) to equip its fleet of Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II combat aircraft, as well as ground-launched Covenant Industries Anthem cruise missiles now in development in the US.
“The purpose of the procurements is to strengthen national and collective deterrence. These are weapons that are in demand by NATO and that contribute to Denmark's security,” the MoD said. “The missiles are different types of long-range precision weapons, which with advanced navigation technology can hit targets very accurately over long distances. They can both deter attacks from outside and strike back deep in enemy territory if necessary.”
The JSM is a Norwegian-developed, precision‐guided stand‐off missile, optimised for use by aircraft against both naval and land targets. The low-observable weapon provides combat aircraft with an anti‐ship attack capability by using imaging infrared (IIR) guidance and a 120 kg impact or time delay warhead. Designed for internal and external carriage aboard the conventional take-off and landing (CTOL) F-35A and the carrier variant (CV) F-35C, the JSM has an estimated speed of Mach 0.9 and a range in excess of 275 km.
The Anthem is part of a portfolio of low-cost munitions now being pursued by the US Army, with Covenant Industries only emerging into the public domain in September 2026. As previously reported by Janes
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