Reports Reveal Denmark’s January Deployment to Defend Greenland and Plans to Disable Runways

Overview

• DR says Denmark sent a regiment and elite troops to Greenland in January, along with explosives and blood supplies for potential combat.
• Contingency plans included destroying runways at Nuuk and Kangerlussuaq to prevent U.S. military aircraft from landing.
• Sources cited a U.S. operation in Venezuela and President Trump’s repeated statements about acquiring Greenland as triggers for the mobilization.
• European partners, including Germany, France, Sweden and Norway, deployed personnel under the banner of a Danish-led Arctic Endurance exercise to bolster deterrence.
• Trump later ruled out using force at Davos, NATO launched the Arctic Sentinel mission in February, and Danish authorities initially declined to comment on the reports.