This was a period of intense US research activity that aimed to overcome the hostile Greenlandic environment and harness it for military purposes. In the US-Danish defense agreement on Greenland of 1951 the USA got a free hand to develop three so-called defense areas for military purposes, ...
If passed, Trump could start his bid to buy Greenland at 12:01pm on 20 January. Danish officials have reached out to Trump's team voice their openness to expanding US military presence in Greenland, according to Axios. EPA-EFE/SHAWN THEW / POOL Magnus Lund Nielsen Euractiv Jan 14, ...
Deep within the ice sheet of Greenland lies a US military secret that hasn't been seen since the 1960s, but a NASA flyover earlier this year has provided an unprecedented look at the buried Cold War relic. Camp Century, constructed in 1959 by the US Army Corps of Engineers, was built ...
Largely lost in the media furor, however, are the reasons why Greenland is vital for North American security. One of those reasons concerns the role of a crucial military installation on the world's largest island: Pituffik Space Base. "The Department of Defense has unveiled a new Arctic ...
The world's largest island, which sits between the Atlantic and Arctic oceans, is 80% covered by an ice sheet and is home to a large US military base. Greenland gained autonomy from Denmark in 1979. Mr Trump previously called for the US to buy the island during his f...
US president-elect Donald Trump has not ruled out the potential use of military or economic means to gain control of Greenland.
The eldest son of Donald Trump on Tuesday visited Greenland, the mineral-rich Danish territory that’s home to a large U.S. military base. The US president-elect told reporters later in the day that he wouldn’t rule out using military force to take control of Greenland. ...
Speaking in Arizona this weekend, Trump also reiterated plans to designate drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, a distinction that could preface the use of military force on Mexican soil. Trump has threatened to drop bombs on fentanyl labs and send special forces to take out cartel lea...
Donald Trump Jr. poses for a photo in Greenland on January 7 in this photoposted to his X account. from Donald Trump Jr/X Trump is not the first American leader to have expressed an interest in controlling Greenland, which is home toThule Air Base, the US military’s northernmost base...
A second official, a diplomat, said the comments will jeopardize the fragile ceasefire deal in Gaza and likened them to what Trump has said about absorbing Canada and buying Greenland. “It is essential to recognize the profound implications such proposals have on the lives and dignity of the...