Overview
- Danish broadcaster DR, citing senior Danish and European sources, reports that Denmark sent a regiment and elite units to Greenland under the cover of the Arctic Endurance exercise as a real deployment rather than a drill.
- Troops moved blood supplies, explosives and live munitions, and Danish F-35s arrived armed, with plans to blow runways at Nuuk and Kangerlussuaq to prevent potential U.S. landings.
- Germany, France, Sweden and Norway contributed personnel or teams to signal collective resolve and raise the political and military cost of any forcible takeover.
- Sources say there was no verified U.S. invasion plan, describing the measures as contingency deterrence, even as Danish leaders publicly denied targeting the United States at the time.
- The immediate crisis eased after a late‑January meeting between NATO chief Mark Rutte and President Donald Trump, and NATO launched the Arctic Sentry mission in February to reinforce regional security.