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The United States has long viewed Greenland as vitally important for its defense, explained Marc Jacobsen, an analyst at the Royal Danish Defense College in Copenhagen.“There's no doubt that it's geostrategically important in defending the U.S. national security against Russian missiles,” Jacobsen told VOA. “The shortest route for Russian missiles towards the U.S. is via the North Pole, via Greenland.”Russia has invested heavily in its Arctic military footprint in recent years. Its northernmost Nagurskoye air base on Siberia’s northern coast hosts nuclear-capable strategic bombers, missile and surveillance systems.Russian nuclear submarines patrol the Arctic seas, while a growing fleet of nuclear-powered ice breakers projects Kremlin power across the region.
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Russia's Arctic militarization behind Trump's focus on Greenland
Danish-controlled Arctic island lies on shortest route for Russian missiles targeting US soilwww.voanews.com
And they've been patrolling the area for like 6 decades. This is nothing new.
Greenland is under no threat from anyone...except the US.