Overview
- U.S. forces wrapped up the biennial Arctic Edge after expanding the exercise to Greenland for the first time, with Denmark hosting and Danish special forces participating.
- Commanders said scenarios covered potential cruise‑missile and drone threats, while noting no intelligence indicates an imminent missile threat to Alaska.
- All test drones were detected in sub‑zero conditions, and troops captured one using a net-based counter‑UAS to enable inspection.
- Extreme cold drove maintenance problems such as cracked aircraft windows and stressed hydraulics, and reporters observed soldiers pulled from the field for frostbite.
- Officials emphasized the need to harden equipment and improve Arctic logistics as competition grows in the High North.