Denmark has supported America’s military aims for decades, deploying alongside US troops in Afghanistan and Iraq—and suffering a higher per capita casualty rate than the United States.

Lopsided does not begin to capture the disparity between the armed forces of the United States and Denmark. The former has around 1.3 million active-duty personnel. The latter — just 13,100. “Their defense is two dog sleds,” Trump said of Greenland.

The U.S. and Denmark remain at odds over Greenland's future, Denmark's foreign minister said Wednesday following a tense White House meeting.

Sadly, for us, based on key indicators of conventional military preparedness, the answer appears to be Denmark. Despite its small size and population (six million, as opposed to Canada’s 41 million), and generous social benefits, Denmark has more modern and technologically advanced ships, aircraft, tanks and air defence systems.

Today, the armed forces consists of: the Royal Danish Army, Denmark's principal land warfare branch; the Royal Danish Navy, a blue-water navy with a fleet of 20 commissioned ships; and the Royal Danish Air Force, an air force with an operational fleet consisting of both fixed-wing and rotary aircraft. The Defence also includes the Home Guard.

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Aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), front, sails in formation with Royal Danish Navy Iver Huitfeldt-class frigate Niels Jeul (F363), second, the French Navy Aquitaine-class frigate FS Bretagne (D655), third, and the Arleigh Burke-class guided ...