Denmark to expand military draft.

 Denmark to expand military draft.


The country will extend conscription to women for the first time and increase the time in service from 4 months to 11 months for both genders, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Wednesday. The plan will add 300 conscripts, bringing the total to 5,000, alongside the country’s up-to-9,000 professional troops.

Quote: “We do not rearm because we want war. We are rearming because we want to avoid it,” Frederiksen told reporters.