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    Dänemarks Armeechef sagt, er sei bereit, Grönland zu verteidigen


    Dänemarks Armeechef sagt, er sei bereit, Grönland zu verteidigen

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    1. theatlantic on

      Denmark is upping its military presence in Greenland to show NATO—and Donald Trump—that the country is serious about security, Isaac Stanley-Becker reports. He spoke with Denmark’s army chief to ask how his country plans to strengthen Greenland’s defenses.

      In their conversation, Chief of the Danish Army Peter Boysen “ticked off air capabilities and cyber defenses—satellites, drones, and other technology that can collect data and establish ‘domain awareness,’” Stanley-Becker writes. “In layman’s terms, that means figuring out exactly who’s doing what on the mostly uninhabited territory at the top of the world, which acts as a bridge between the European continent and the northernmost reaches of the Americas.”

      But Boysen also told Becker that “in order to maintain sovereignty, you need boots on the ground.” He added, “We need, of course, to have units that are able to deploy to Greenland in times of crisis to show presence.”

      The crisis, Stanley-Becker writes, “has come”: Hours before foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland were set to meet with Vice President J. D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the Danish defense ministry announced a stepped-up military presence in Greenland, including aircraft, ships, and soldiers.

      A spokesperson for the Danish Defense Command told Stanley-Becker that the military presence represents “routine task execution,” part of “preparation for upcoming activities,” and presented it as the fulfillment of promises made last fall to spend more on Arctic security, including on Greenland. 

      “But Danish lawmakers I spoke with suspected that the timing was not a coincidence,” Stanley-Becker continues. “They said the government wants to avoid inflaming tensions with the United States, but also knows it can’t sit on its hands.”

      A U.S. official in Copenhagen told Stanley-Becker that the deployment is consistent with Denmark’s promises to boost Arctic deterrence but was likely expedited because of tensions with the United States. “The move seems to offer the Trump administration a stark choice,” Stanley-Becker writes: Will the U.S. join Denmark’s efforts to protect the Arctic’s security—or destroy it?

      Read more: [https://theatln.tc/okg17rmi](https://theatln.tc/okg17rmi) 

      — Grace Buono, assistant editor, audience and engagement, *The Atlantic*

    2. Firecracker048 on

      Wild timeline that one of our allies is deploying troops to its territory to deter us from invading.

    6. hinterstoisser on

      Kissinger has done a fuckload of wrongs in his life but he was right about this:

      It may be dangerous to be US’s enemy, but it is fatal to be its ally

    7. Margaritajoe420 on

      he looks like the type of guy who could kill you with a blade of grass, but it’s still not enough

    8. Mister-Psychology on

      There are some war fanatics in Denmark. Sports is a huge thing and most men were forced or asked to get through military service for 4-10 months. Depending what generation as now it’s mostly voluntary because so many volunteer that the draft is pointless. Which basically says it all. Even women now are eager to go through training and it’s overall seen as a nice experience with decent pay even for training alone. Hunting is also a significant hobby. Sure most don’t have guns.

      This means there will be some mental cases in Denmark eager to pick up arms. Not too many as the nation is small, but if you need to kill 100 maniacs to take Greenland that’s already way too big an ask for Americans as you are killing 100 innocent people in a democracy who are only protecting their own country nothing else. Sure most will surrender on the spot the first day. But even during WW2 Danes resisted which became violent over time with Germans getting angry at Denmark. I just don’t see how you can subdue these few extreme fanatics. They are used to the cold and train daily.

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