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In the history of Greenland there have been many changes of presence regarding who is in charge of the security of Greenlandic people and its land. </p><p>The most important part of Greenland's defensive territory remains the 12 maritime zones.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 21st century there has been a significant increase in challenges.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Military_of_Greenland&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Danish_military" class="mw-redirect" title="Danish military">Danish military</a> history on Greenland has its origins in the early 18th century. In 1721 <a href="/wiki/Hans_Egede" title="Hans Egede">Hans Egede</a>, a Danish-Norwegian missionary first colonised the region. Soldiers were stationed on Greenland to protect the Danish colony from looting, especially against foreign <a href="/wiki/Whaling_in_Greenland" class="mw-redirect" title="Whaling in Greenland">whalers</a>. <a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a> and <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a> split a century later in 1814, leaving Greenland under complete Danish rule. </p><p>In 1932, the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Danish_Navy" title="Royal Danish Navy">Navy Flyvevæsen</a> (Naval Air Force) made its first appearance. The Air Force contributed aerial photography to the <a href="/wiki/Geod%C3%A6tisk_Institut" title="Geodætisk Institut">Geodætisk Institute</a>, a cartographic institute under the Ministry of Defence. All military work was carried out during the summer months, from May to September, after which the ships were transferred to <a href="/wiki/Iceland" title="Iceland">Iceland</a> or Denmark during the winter months.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Danish Navy was actively involved in exploring Greenland through expeditions until the beginning of the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>. The armed forces were also responsible for surveying and <a href="/wiki/Cartography" title="Cartography">cartography</a>. Greenland took its first step towards independence in <a href="/wiki/Greenland#Home_rule_and_self-rule" title="Greenland">1953</a> when representation in the Danish Parliament was gained. <i>"The Folketing shall consist of one assembly of not more than one hundred and seventy-nine Members of whom two Members shall be elected in the Faroe Islands and two Members in Greenland.</i>"<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Second_World_War">Second World War</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Military_of_Greenland&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Second World War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Greenland_in_World_War_II" title="Greenland in World War II">Greenland in World War II</a></div> <p>Following the <a href="/wiki/Nazi_German" class="mw-redirect" title="Nazi German">Nazi German</a> occupation of Denmark (operation <a href="/wiki/Weser%C3%BCbung" class="mw-redirect" title="Weserübung">Weserübung</a>) on 9 April 1940, Denmark signed an agreement with the United States to keep control of the Greenlandic territory in allied hands. The Thulesag 1 agreement,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> signed on 9 April 1941, gave the <a href="/wiki/US_military" class="mw-redirect" title="US military">US military</a> authority over the defence of Greenland. The US-built airfields, harbors, anti-aircraft fortifications, radio, and meteorological sites. The allies feared that Germany could use Greenland as a base of operations to conduct offensive attacks on <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> via bombing and submarine attacks. The United States' entry into the war meant that Greenland would become much more valuable to the <a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" title="Allies of World War II">Allied</a> war efforts as airfields and harbors in Greenland were used for important transatlantic links. Under the Thulesag 1 agreement these facilities fell entirely under US jurisdiction, while Danish <a href="/wiki/Sovereignty" title="Sovereignty">sovereignty</a> over Greenland was maintained. The treaty was to remain in force until "existing threats to the peace and security of the American continent no longer exist" (Article 10).<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This prompted the United States to build a number of military bases during the Second World War, including <a href="/wiki/Thule_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Thule Air Base">Thule Air Base</a>, airfields, and a military hospital. The agreement was finally ratified by the <a href="/wiki/Folketing" title="Folketing">Danish Parliament</a> after the end of the war on 16 May 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the end of World War II, the U.S. had built or expanded 17 facilities, including air bases including <a href="/wiki/Narsarsuaq_Air_Base" title="Narsarsuaq Air Base">Narsarsuaq</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kangerlussuaq" title="Kangerlussuaq">Kangerlussuaq</a>. As a countermeasure against the Germans, a permanent patrol service with <a href="/wiki/Sled_dog" title="Sled dog">sledge dogs</a> was established with the <a href="/wiki/Sirius_Dog_Sled_Patrol" title="Sirius Dog Sled Patrol">Sirius Patrol</a>, which still exists today. The first offensive against the Germans took place on 13 May 1943, when the German weather patrol was encountered by members of the Sledge Patrol; a Danish <a href="/wiki/Corporal" title="Corporal">corporal</a> was killed during the battle. A second battle took place on 22 April 1944. The Sledge Patrol of Greenland was defunct after the end of the war. In 1953, a new dog unit was named as Sirius Patrol, after <a href="/wiki/Sirius" title="Sirius">Sirius</a>, the bright "dog-star" in the <a href="/wiki/Canis_Major" title="Canis Major">Canis Major</a> constellation. <a href="/wiki/Frederik_X" title="Frederik X">Prince Frederik of Denmark</a> took part in a Sirius expedition from 11 February to 31 May 2000. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Postwar_period">Postwar period</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Military_of_Greenland&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Postwar period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the Second World War, the sovereignty and defence of Greenland once again returned to Denmark. The United States continued to be interested in a permanent military presence due to the increasing tensions of the Cold War; however, Greenland was expected to remain under sole Danish control by the public. A US proposal to buy Greenland was rejected by the Danish government, with regard to the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title=""with regard to the soviet union"? (December 2021)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cold_War">Cold War</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Military_of_Greenland&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Cold War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since overseas territories, such as Greenland, could hardly be protected by a <a href="/wiki/Scandinavian_Defence_Alliance" class="mw-redirect" title="Scandinavian Defence Alliance">Scandinavian Defence Alliance</a>, Denmark's integration into <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> was likely to happen. In 1949, new opportunities for both countries opened up as the Danish membership into the military alliance was in place. The USA hoped to solve the question of a navy presence through multilateral negotiations. However, Denmark saw itself in a position to circumvent agreements with the American superpower, which was based solely on bilateral negotiations, and to guarantee Greenland's sovereignty for the future.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 27 April 1951, Thulesag 2 was signed. This meant that the United States would assist Denmark in necessary defence of Greenland within the framework of the <a href="/wiki/North_Atlantic_Treaty" title="North Atlantic Treaty">North Atlantic Treaty</a>. For this purpose, more American military bases were to be established. Article 5, paragraph 3, guaranteed the US and its troops unrestricted <a href="/wiki/Freedom" title="Freedom">freedom</a> of operation between these bases, on land, air, and sea, throughout the entire national territory. Article 6 obliged the US "to show due respect for all regulations and customs affecting the population and the administration of Greenland". The military airbase in Narsarsuaq was developed into a joint base of Danish and American troops.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the end of 1953, the secret of a <a href="/wiki/Weather_station" title="Weather station">weather station</a> 140 km (87 mi) from the army base in Kangerlussuaq came to light. The station had been built by US forces without the knowledge of the Danish government.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nevertheless, on 15 March 1954, the expansion of Thule Air Base was set into motion. This included the installation of a new generation <a href="/wiki/Anti-aircraft_warfare" title="Anti-aircraft warfare">air defense system</a> that was equipped with <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_weapon" title="Nuclear weapon">nuclear weapons</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The expansion also involved the forced resettlement of local <a href="/wiki/Inuit" title="Inuit">Inuit</a> inhabitants.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Changes_from_2008_/_2009"><span id="Changes_from_2008_.2F_2009"></span>Changes from 2008 / 2009</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Military_of_Greenland&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Changes from 2008 / 2009"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/2008_Greenlandic_self-government_referendum" title="2008 Greenlandic self-government referendum">A referendum on the law on self-government</a> was held in Greenland on 25 November 2008. A large majority of 75.5% voted in favour of extended self-government. The law is to be seen as a step towards independence from Denmark. On 21 June 2009, an extended agreement on <a href="/wiki/Autonomy" title="Autonomy">autonomy</a> came into force. Only foreign and defence policy remained in Danish responsibility. The Greenlandic government took over responsibilities for the police, justice, and coastal protection.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Those that affect Navy provision include: </p> <ul><li>Greenland's government will be given significant autonomy in determining <a href="/wiki/Foreign_policy" title="Foreign policy">foreign affairs</a>.</li> <li>Many aspects of foreign affairs policy will no longer be linked to Danish policy.</li> <li>Control of the militarised Greenlandic <a href="/wiki/Coastguard" class="mw-redirect" title="Coastguard">Coast Guard</a> will be transferred to the Government of Greenland.</li> <li>The Greenlandic government will take control of policing, including the police motor launches currently trained to assist the military in the <a href="/wiki/Island_Command_Greenland" title="Island Command Greenland">Island Command Greenland</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recent_challenges">Recent challenges</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Military_of_Greenland&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Recent challenges"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are many new challenges that Greenland has to face today. New sea routes lead past Greenland that require special protection. Ice cap melting may increase the availability of <a href="/wiki/Raw_material" title="Raw material">raw materials</a> that must be protected.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The likelihood of military conflict in Greenland is unlikely; however, a relevant defence in the <a href="/wiki/Arctic" title="Arctic">Arctic</a> region is at the core of Danish defence priorities.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The country's naval presence and activities are based on close relationships with the local populations and authorities of both Greenland and the <a href="/wiki/Faroe_Islands" title="Faroe Islands">Faroe Islands</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is in no doubt important to the Danish armed forces' future presence in the Arctic to continue to strengthen and develop this relationship.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Effects_of_climate_change" title="Effects of climate change">consequences of climate change</a> will likely not only bring better maritime accessibility but also an increased interest in the extraction of natural resources, as well as intensified scientific and commercial activity.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is also a significant increase in military activity in the region.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Accordingly, the geopolitical importance of the Arctic will become increasingly significant in the years to come. </p><p>Military efforts in the Arctic are strengthened by:<sup id="cite_ref-:4_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>The Arctic Agreement of December 2016, which augments surveillance, command, control, communication, and operational efforts in the Arctic Region, is continued. New operational initiatives can be re-prioritised within the framework of the Agreement. An annually allocated sum of 120 million <a href="/wiki/Danish_krone" title="Danish krone">DKK</a> for initiatives, with a total sum of 720 million DKK after six years. Furthermore, a total of 235 million DKK will be allocated through the Defence Agreement to the following additional initiatives.</li> <li>Equipment to prevent pollution in the waters around Greenland.</li> <li>An increased focus on different education methods. The important issues are now civil preparedness and contingency education, as well as other projects such as the Greenland Guard.</li> <li>Initial <a href="/wiki/Conscription" title="Conscription">conscription</a> enrolment assessments to be carried out in Greenland for volunteers who want to sign up for national service.</li> <li>Subsidised travel schemes for Greenlandic conscripts to travel home.</li> <li>More apprentice positions for secondary school students to be established in connection to Armed Forces units.</li> <li>A contribution to the mapping of the ice chart north of 62°N and to the new land mapping of Greenland.</li> <li>The Ministry of Defence will finance the operational costs of the radio room at the maritime emergency radio in Greenland.</li></ul> <p>New <a href="/wiki/Naval_ship" title="Naval ship">naval ships</a> solve environmental protection and pollution control tasks.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Parties note that the tender for new <a href="/wiki/Pollution" title="Pollution">pollution</a> control ships will be reconsidered in order to further examine a solution where new military vessels, in addition to their operational military tasks, when necessary, can also solve environmental protection and pollution control tasks.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Denmark does not have a specific coast guard entity, as the Royal Danish Navy (<a href="/wiki/Royal_Danish_Navy" title="Royal Danish Navy">Søværnet</a>) is responsible for providing the services that would normally fall to a coast guard. The Navy is thus used by various agencies to carry out search and rescue, navigation assistance, environmental protection, and fisheries inspections, in addition to sovereignty and maritime surveillance. Today, the Danish Navy is divided into the First and Second Squadrons. While the Second Squadron is focused on foreign operations, the first squadron has responsibility for internal affairs, which includes the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">northern Atlantic</a> (Greenland) and the North Sea (Faroe Islands). Responsibility for coast guard tasks, therefore, falls under the first squadron headquarters in <a href="/wiki/Frederikshavn" title="Frederikshavn">Frederikshavn</a>, as well as the newly established <a href="/wiki/Joint_Arctic_Command" title="Joint Arctic Command">Joint Arctic Command</a> in Nuuk, Greenland (Danish Ministry of Defence 2011). The Joint Arctic Command is responsible for overseeing all maritime activity in the waters around Greenland and the Faroe Islands so that the Danish Navy and the local authorities are in close coordination in crisis situations in the High North. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tasked_forces">Tasked forces</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Military_of_Greenland&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Tasked forces"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 1st Squadron of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Danish_Navy" title="Royal Danish Navy">Royal Danish Navy</a> is primarily focused on national operations in and around the Faroe Islands and Greenland. As of 2023, the 1st Squadron is composed of: </p> <ul><li>Four <a href="/wiki/Thetis-class_patrol_vessel" title="Thetis-class patrol vessel"><i>Thetis</i>-class patrol vessels</a>;</li> <li>Three <a href="/wiki/Knud_Rasmussen-class_patrol_vessel" title="Knud Rasmussen-class patrol vessel"><i>Knud Rasmussen</i>-class patrol vessels</a>; and,</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Royal_yacht" title="Royal yacht">royal yacht</a> <a href="/wiki/HDMY_Dannebrog_(A540)" title="HDMY Dannebrog (A540)">HDMY <i>Dannebrog</i></a> (having a secondary surveillance and sea-rescue role)<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>After 2025 the <i>Thetis</i>-class vessels are to be replaced by the planned MPV80-class vessels, built by Odense Maritime Technology and SH Defence. The new vessels will incorporate a modular concept enabling packages of different systems (for <a href="/w/index.php?title=Minehunting&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Minehunting (page does not exist)">minehunting</a> or <a href="/wiki/Minelaying" class="mw-redirect" title="Minelaying">minelaying</a> for example) to be fitted to individual ships as may be required.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Joint Arctic Command of the Danish Armed Forces and the Greenland police are jointly responsible for search and rescue in Greenland. In addition to naval units, Greenland's Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) is able to call on <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_C-130J_Super_Hercules" title="Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules">C-130J</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bombardier_Challenger_600_series" title="Bombardier Challenger 600 series">Challenger 604 aircraft</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Danish_Air_Force" title="Royal Danish Air Force">Royal Danish Air Force</a> if available. The C-130J is specifically tasked with the re-supply of Danish forces in Greenland. The Challenger 604 is also tasked with assisting in surveillance missions in the Arctic area and since 2021 one aircraft has been permanently stationed in <a href="/wiki/Kangerlussuaq" title="Kangerlussuaq">Kangerlussuaq</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Military_of_Greenland&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arctic_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Arctic Command">Joint Arctic Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_of_Denmark" class="mw-redirect" title="Military of Denmark">Military of Denmark</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Military_of_Greenland&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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"Greenland, US bases and missile defence: new two-level negotiations?</li> <li>NASA, T. Greicius; "Greenland's Rapid Melt Will Mean More Flooding"; (2019)</li> <li>O'connor Tom, Newsweek; "Russia says Donald Trump has the right to try to buy Greenland" (2019)</li> <li>Policy and Politics. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, 2020. 439–452</li> <li>Pompeo, Michael R. "Looking North: Sharpening America's Arctic Focus." US Department of State 6 (2019)</li> <li>Rahbek-Clemmensen, Jon. "The Arctic turn: How did the High North become a foreign and security policy priority for Denmark?" Greenland and the International Politics of a Changing</li> <li>Rottem Svein Vigeland. "The Arctic Council: Between environmental protection and geopolitics." The Arctic Council. Palgrave Pivot, Singapore, 2020. 91–95</li> <li>Slim Allagui, PHYSORG, "Greenland becomes new promised land for oil firms"; (2011)</li> <li>Sørensen, Camilla Tenna Nørup, and Mikkel Runge Olesen. "Stormagtsspillet i Arktis udfordrer småstaterne. Erfaringer fra Finland, Norge og Island." (2019)</li> <li>The Guardian. "Independent Greenland 'could not afford' to sign up to Paris climate deal" (2016)</li> <li>Vidal, John. "Time to listen to the ice scientists about the arctic death spiral." The Guardian 18 (2016)</li> <li>Wang Nils, and Damien Degeorges. "Greenland and the New Arctic: Political and security implications of a statebuilding project." (2014)</li> <li>Wiseman, Matthew S. "The Future of the Arctic Council." 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Emblem_of_the_Royal_Danish_Navy.svg/15px-Emblem_of_the_Royal_Danish_Navy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Emblem_of_the_Royal_Danish_Navy.svg/23px-Emblem_of_the_Royal_Danish_Navy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Emblem_of_the_Royal_Danish_Navy.svg/30px-Emblem_of_the_Royal_Danish_Navy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="159" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Royal_Danish_Navy" title="Royal Danish Navy">Royal Danish Navy</a> <span class="nowrap">  </span><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Roundel_of_Denmark.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Roundel_of_Denmark.svg/15px-Roundel_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Roundel_of_Denmark.svg/23px-Roundel_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Roundel_of_Denmark.svg/30px-Roundel_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="602" data-file-height="602" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Royal_Danish_Air_Force" title="Royal Danish Air Force">Royal Danish Air Force</a> <span class="nowrap">  </span><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Danish_Home_Guard_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Danish_Home_Guard_logo.svg/15px-Danish_Home_Guard_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Danish_Home_Guard_logo.svg/23px-Danish_Home_Guard_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Danish_Home_Guard_logo.svg/30px-Danish_Home_Guard_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="274" data-file-height="351" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Home_Guard_(Denmark)" title="Home Guard (Denmark)">Danish Home Guard</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Command organisations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Defence_Command_(Denmark)" title="Defence Command (Denmark)">Defence Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defence_Staff_(Denmark)" title="Defence Staff (Denmark)">Defence Staff</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Army_Command_(Denmark)" title="Army Command (Denmark)">Army Command</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Naval_Command_(Denmark)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Naval Command (Denmark) (page does not exist)">Naval Command</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Command_(Denmark)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Air Command (Denmark) (page does not exist)">Air Command</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Arctic_Command" title="Joint Arctic Command">Joint Arctic Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Home_Guard_Command_(Denmark)" title="Home Guard Command (Denmark)">Home Guard Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_Operations_Command_(Denmark)" title="Special Operations Command (Denmark)">Special Operations Command</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Leadership</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_(Denmark)" title="Chief of Defence (Denmark)">Chief of Defence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defence_Staff_(Denmark)" title="Defence Staff (Denmark)">Chief of the Defense Staff</a></li> <li>Army <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Royal_Danish_Army" title="Chief of the Royal Danish Army">Chief of the Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergeant_Major_of_the_Army_(Denmark)" title="Sergeant Major of the Army (Denmark)">Sergeant Major of the Army</a></li></ul></li> <li>Navy <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Royal_Danish_Navy" title="Chief of the Royal Danish Navy">Chief of the Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Master_chief_petty_officer_of_the_Royal_Danish_Navy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Master chief petty officer of the Royal Danish Navy (page does not exist)">Master chief petty officer</a></li></ul></li> <li>Air Force <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Royal_Danish_Air_Force" title="Chief of the Royal Danish Air Force">Chief of the Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_Master_Sergeant_of_the_RDAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief Master Sergeant of the RDAF (page does not exist)">Chief Master Sergeant of the RDAF</a></li></ul></li> <li>Home Guard <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Home_Guard_Command_(Denmark)" title="Home Guard Command (Denmark)">Chief of the Home Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Command_Sergeant_Major_of_the_Danish_Home_Guard&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Command Sergeant Major of the Danish Home Guard (page does not exist)">Command Sergeant Major of the Home Guard</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Joint Service</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Danish_Defence_Acquisition_and_Logistics_Organization" title="Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization">Acquisition and Logistics Organization</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Administration_of_Conscientious_Objector&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Administration of Conscientious Objector (page does not exist)">Administration of Conscientious Objector</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Ark_Futura" title="MV Ark Futura">The Ark Project</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danish_Emergency_Management_Agency" title="Danish Emergency Management Agency">Emergency Management Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danish_Defence_Estates_and_Infrastructure_Organisation" title="Danish Defence Estates and Infrastructure Organisation">Estates and Infrastructure Organisation</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Danish_Defence_Financial_Management_Agency&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Danish Defence Financial Management Agency (page does not exist)">Financial Management Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Danish_Defence_Health_Services&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Danish Defence Health Services (page does not exist)">Health Services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danish_Defence_Intelligence_Service" title="Danish Defence Intelligence Service">Intelligence Service</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Danish_Defence_Internal_Auditor&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Danish Defence Internal Auditor (page does not exist)">Internal Auditor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defence_Judge_Advocate_Corps_(Denmark)" title="Defence Judge Advocate Corps (Denmark)">Judge Advocate Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danish_Defence_Maintenance_Service" title="Danish Defence Maintenance Service">Maintenance Service</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Defence_Personnel_Organisation_(Denmark)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Defence Personnel Organisation (Denmark) (page does not exist)">Personnel Service</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Higher education facilities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Danish_Defence_College" title="Royal Danish Defence College">Royal Danish Defence College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Danish_Military_Academy" title="Royal Danish Military Academy">Royal Danish Military Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Danish_Naval_Academy" title="Royal Danish Naval Academy">Royal Danish Naval Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Danish_Air_Force_Academy" title="Royal Danish Air Force Academy">Royal Danish Air Force Academy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Danish_regiments" title="List of Danish regiments">Army</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Danish_Artillery_Regiment" title="Danish Artillery Regiment">Danish Artillery Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Engineer_Regiment_(Denmark)" title="Engineer Regiment (Denmark)">Engineer Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guard_Hussar_Regiment_(Denmark)" title="Guard Hussar Regiment (Denmark)">Guard Hussar Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intelligence_Regiment_(Denmark)" title="Intelligence Regiment (Denmark)">Intelligence Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jutland_Dragoon_Regiment" title="Jutland Dragoon Regiment">Jutland Dragoon Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Life_Guards_(Denmark)" title="Royal Life Guards (Denmark)">Royal Life Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schleswig_Regiment_of_Foot" title="Schleswig Regiment of Foot">Schleswig Foot Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Signal_Regiment_(Denmark)" title="Signal Regiment (Denmark)">Signal Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Logistic_Regiment_(Denmark)" title="Logistic Regiment (Denmark)">Logistic Regiment</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Navy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Danish_Navy_1st_Squadron&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Danish Navy 1st Squadron (page does not exist)">1st Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Danish_Navy_2nd_Squadron&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Danish Navy 2nd Squadron (page does not exist)">2nd Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirius_Dog_Sled_Patrol" title="Sirius Dog Sled Patrol">Sirius Dog Sled Patrol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danish_Task_Group" title="Danish Task Group">Danish Task Group</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Air Force</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eskadrille_515&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eskadrille 515 (page does not exist)">Air Squadron 515</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eskadrille_660&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eskadrille 660 (page does not exist)">Air Squadron 660</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eskadrille_690&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eskadrille 690 (page does not exist)">Air Squadron 690</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eskadrille_721" title="Eskadrille 721">Air Squadron 721</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eskadrille_722&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eskadrille 722 (page does not exist)">Air Squadron 722</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eskadrille_723" title="Eskadrille 723">Air Squadron 723</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eskadrille_724" title="Eskadrille 724">Air Squadron 724</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eskadrille_727&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eskadrille 727 (page does not exist)">Air Squadron 727</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eskadrille_730&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eskadrille 730 (page does not exist)">Air Squadron 730</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mobile_Air_Control_Centre&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mobile Air Control Centre (page does not exist)">Mobile Air Control Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Control_and_Reporting_Centre_Karup&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Control and Reporting Centre Karup (page does not exist)">Control and Reporting Centre Karup</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Danish_Air_Force_Combat_Support_Wing&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Danish Air Force Combat Support Wing (page does not exist)">Combat Support Wing</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Special Forces</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jaeger_Corps_(Denmark)" title="Jaeger Corps (Denmark)">Jaeger Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frogman_Corps_(Denmark)" title="Frogman Corps (Denmark)">Frogman Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirius_Dog_Sled_Patrol" title="Sirius Dog Sled Patrol">Sirius Dog Sled Patrol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_Support_and_Reconnaissance_Company" title="Special Support and Reconnaissance Company">SSR</a> (Home Guard)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Ranks and insignia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ranks_and_insignia_of_Royal_Danish_Army" title="Ranks and insignia of Royal Danish Army">Ranks and insignia of Royal Danish Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranks_and_insignia_of_Royal_Danish_Navy" title="Ranks and insignia of Royal Danish Navy">Ranks and insignia of Royal Danish Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranks_and_insignia_of_Royal_Danish_Air_Force" title="Ranks and insignia of Royal Danish Air Force">Ranks and insignia of Royal Danish Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranks_and_insignia_of_Home_Guard_(Denmark)" title="Ranks and insignia of Home Guard (Denmark)">Ranks and insignia of Home Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_Danish_Military" title="Badges of the Danish Military">Badges of the Danish Military</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Military_of_Europe" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th 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