article_snippet: (CNN)Denmark has slammed as "unacceptable" comments by Russia's envoy to Denmark that joining NATO's missile defense shield would make Danish warships "targets for Russian nuclear missiles.
article_snippet: In August last year, Denmark said that at least one of its frigates would be equipped with a radar that would allow it to contribute to NATO's missile defense shield.
article_snippet: In an opinion article published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands Posten on Saturday, Russian said Ambassador Mikhail Vanin did not think the Danes fully understood the consequences of joining the missile shield.
article_snippet: If this happens, Danish warships become targets for Russian nuclear missiles," Ambassador Mikhail Vanin wrote.
article_snippet: Denmark's Minister for Foreign Affairs Martin Lidegaard said Vanin's remarks were unacceptable.
highlights_snippet: Denmark slams Russia's envoy for warning against joining the NATO missile shield .
  
highlights_snippet: Ambassador Mikhail Vanin says Ambassador Mikhail Vanin did not think the Danes fully understood the consequences .
  
highlights_snippet: Joining would make Danish warships "targets for Russian nuclear missiles," Ambassador Mikhail Vanin says .