U.S. in talks to open new bases in Greenland

The U.S. is reportedly engaged in secret talks with Denmark to establish three new military bases in Greenland, just months after President Donald Trump threatened to seize the Arctic territory by force

GIUK Gap: Primarily focus of new bases would be surveillance of Russian and Chinese maritime activity in area between Greenland, Iceland and UK

Pituffik Space Base (above): Formerly Thule Air Base. Only existing U.S. military base in Greenland. Used for missile warning for NORAD*


U.S. bases in Second World War (1940-45)
Air base
Navy base
Other military outposts

GREENLAND (Denmark)
CANADA
ICELAND
ATLANTIC OCEAN
Baffin Bay
Labrador Sea
Arctic Circle
Iceland
Greenland
Denmark
UK
U.S.
Kangerlussuaq
Narsarsuaq
Nuuk
250 miles
400km

New bases: U.S. eyeing former bases in Narsarsuaq, which offers deepwater port, and Kangerlussuaq, which already has runway capable of handling large aircraft

*North American Aerospace Defense Command
Sources: BBC, The Economist
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