US EditionDenmark planned to blow up Greenland runways if US invaded, reports say
Denmark deployed troops with explosives and blood supplies to Greenland in January to prevent US military landings amid fears of an invasion, under a Danish-led NATO operation.
- Danish soldiers were preparing to blow up key airport runways in Greenland over fears that the US President Donald Trump could invade the Arctic island.
- A senior Danish military official said only a limited number of people were aware of the operation to blow up the runways for security reasons.
- A Danish defence source said the US would have to carry out a hostile act to get Greenland, while admitting that troops would have been unlikely to be able to repel a US attack.
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According to Danish public media sources, the army has prepared an emergency scenario due to the previous tense situation.
Denmark took American threats of a military takeover of Greenland very seriously. In January, Copenhagen sent soldiers equipped with explosives to the island to blow up the runways at the airports in Nuuk and Kangerlussuaq, preventing the US from landing there. Citing twelve independent sources from Denmark, Germany, France and the Scandinavian countries, the Danish DR station reported that Denmark was also prepared to send F-35 fighter jets to …
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WWBLDenmark secretly prepared to blow up Greenland’s runways to stop US aircraft: report
Denmark prepared to sabotage Greenland’s airstrips using explosives and flew in blood supplies amid fears of a potential US invasion earlier this year, according to a new report.
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