Report IS the main airport up there was gonna be BLOWN up to stop American military aircraft from flying in….
SERIOUSLY…
As tensions with President Trump peaked in recent weeks, the Danish military developed detailed plans to blow up airfields in Greenland in the event of an American invasion, two Europeans officials said on Friday.
Danish soldiers were sent to Greenland equipped with explosives and blood supplies, underscoring the seriousness of the contingency plans, according to the officials, who had knowledge of the plans but said they could not be identified because of the sensitivity of the subject.
The soldiers never actually did anything to the airfields. But Denmark’s consideration of such a scenario shows just how unnerved the Scandinavian country was in January as President Trump escalated threats to take over Greenland, a gigantic Arctic island that has been part of the Danish kingdom for more than 300 years.
Mr. Trump later softened his tone, signaling that he was willing to compromise over Greenland’s future relationship with the United States and subsequently turned his attention elsewhere, initiating a war with Iran alongside Israel….
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According to DR’s report, when Danish soldiers were deployed to Greenland in January, they carried explosives to disable the runways in Nuuk, Greenland’s capital, and in Kangerlussuaq, a small town in the Arctic Circle.
The report said that this would “prevent U.S. military aircraft from landing soldiers on the island if President Donald Trump ultimately chose to take Greenland by force.”
(The report did not mention that the United States military maintains its own airfield on the northwest corner of the island, part of a defense agreement that the United States has had with Denmark for decades.)
Security analysts said Denmark’s detailed planning was unsurprising….
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“So you start with the runways and you prepare for combat. Well, blood banks. Live ammunition. There you go,” he said.
According to the DR report, the Danish soldiers also had live ammunition.
At the time, Denmark said it was sending soldiers to Greenland for a broader military exercise with a small contingent of troops from other European countries, including France, Germany, Britain and Norway.
Though Denmark’s full plans weren’t public at the time, the exercise was clearly meant to signal to Mr. Trump that Europe was united against his threats to seize a large chunk of a European country’s territory.
Tom Roseth, a professor of intelligence studies at the Norwegian Defense University College, believes Denmark’s gambit worked.
“The situation was highly serious,” he said. “Something had to be done in terms of military presence and demonstrating solidarity with Denmark.”….
Note….
The US Army has the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divions which could parachute into a location….
BUT?
THAT would have taken time and HUGE logistics, something I’m sure the Pentagon impressed upon Trump & Co.
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