Abstract
This fourth paper in a series of research briefs about Danish special operations is focusing on how a "system's failure" has blocked the development of Danish special operations for almost 50 years.The brief suggests the repair of this system's failure by creating either a fourth service or a special operations command. The paper points out that a political decision is necessary, as there is no known empirical evidence that the conventional military has ever created any special operations institutions by it's own will.(The establishment of a Danish Special Operations Command was actually politically decided as part of the comprehensive Defence reform in 2012.)