"Boysen, who has a lean frame and stoic features, with piercing blue eyes, ticked off air capabilities and cyber defenses-satellites, drones, and other technology that can collect data and establish "domain awareness." In layman's terms, that means figuring out exactly who's doing what on the mostly uninhabited territory at the top of the world, which acts as a bridge between the European continent and the northernmost reaches of the Americas."
""In order to maintain sovereignty, you need boots on the ground," he said. He leaned forward over a small table in the Kastellet, a 17th-century fort in Copenhagen that still houses military offices, so that I could not mistake his meaning. "We need, of course, to have units that are able to deploy to Greenland in times of crisis to show presence.""
"Hours before the meeting, the Danish defense ministry announced a stepped-up military presence in Greenland, including aircraft, ships, and soldiers. A spokesperson for the Danish Defense Command told me that the military presence represents "routine task execution," part of "preparation for upcoming activities," and presented it as the fulfillment of promises made last fall to spend more on Arctic security, including on Greenland."
Greenland, 836,000 square miles and largely ice-covered, serves as a strategic bridge between Europe and North America. President Trump threatened to commandeer the island, arguing Denmark neglected the territory. Peter Boysen, chief of the Danish army, emphasized satellites, drones, and cyber systems to collect data and establish "domain awareness," but insisted that sovereignty requires deployable units and boots on the ground to show presence in crisis. Denmark announced a stepped-up military presence in Greenland—aircraft, ships, and soldiers—framed as routine preparation and fulfillment of earlier promises to increase Arctic security. Sweden also plans to send soldiers.
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