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What’s Denmark’s plan for defending Greenland? Sled dogs.
Denmark’s Joint Arctic Command, the part of the Danish military focused on Greenland, declined to comment on the resources it has dedicated to defending the island. Analysts said the command, in addition to the seven ships, includes fewer than 150 military personnel; a unit of about a dozen elite soldiers on sleds pulled by dogs; helicopters; and a Challenger surveillance plane. The force is tasked with defending a sparsely populated country that is slightly larger than Mexico and has nearly 30,000 miles of rugged coastline. In December, hours after Trump said he wanted Greenland, Poulsen pledged to buy two new long-range drones and two extra dogsled teams and upgrade one of Greenland’s three main civilian airports to handle U.S.-made F-35 jet fighters.
Puts more dogs on the job. Who needs the warships anyway?
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