US Air Force members of Canada conducted joint military exercises in Greenland In practice for action in bitterly cold conditions.
Operation noble defender He played from January 28 to February 11 at the Pituffick Air Force Base, the northernmost installation of the US Army, according to NORAD. About 100 total service members had to operate at temperatures that were regularly below 0 degrees Fahrenheit, sometimes falling as much as -28 degrees.
“In the last three weeks, our integrated American and Canadian Norad teams have shown the ability to work at the highest level at one of the most important environments in the world,” Matthew Schemo said in a statement.
“I am immensely proud of them and their dedication to this mission and appreciate close cooperation from the Danish Kingdom as we train for the defense of Canada and the United States in all domains,” he added.
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A joint military exercise comes a few weeks after President Donald Trump encouraged the idea of being buying Greenland, an idea that Denmark refused, its current owner.
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Since 2019, Trump has called the interest in acquiring Greenland, calling it a potentially “great real estate agreement”, at the end of the first term. In December, he intensified calls to the US to acquire a Danish territory and called him a question of national security.
President Donald Trump has invited to buy Greenland since 2019. (Fox News / Special Report)
“[F]Or the purposes of national security and freedom all over the world, the United States believe that Greenland’s property and control is an absolute need, “wrote the then presidential elected in the then social place of truth.
In early February, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen confirmed that Greenland “Not for sale”, But she said she was open to now, increasing her mark in the Arctic region.
Pituffy space base, previously air base of the Thule, with a Thule tracking station, was shown in northern Greenland on October 4, 2023. The base changed its name in early 2023. The reason for the new name is, among other things, which is no longer the staff of people from the US air force, but from the US space force, which was founded in December 2019. (Thomas Traasdahl/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images)
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“I completely agree with the Americans that the high north is that the Arctic region is becoming more and more important when it comes to defense and security and distraction,” Frederixen said, referring to Chinese and Russian activities in the region. “And it is possible to find a way to ensure stronger prints in Greenland. [the U.S.] are already there and can have more options. “
