Wednesday night landed a Hercules plane in Nuuk with military personnel on board. It is part of the new increased military presence in Arctic.
Both Denmark and a number of NATO allies send soldiers Greenland. On Facebook, Arctic Command wrote on Wednesday that two transport planes were flying would land: one in Nuuk and one in Kangerlussuaq.
But where the soldiers will stay has not been announced out.
At a press conference in Denmark, Sermitsiaq asked the Dane defense chief Michael Hyldgaard, how many troops are expected to arrive Greenland, and where they will be stationed there.
- It will fluctuate how many there are and which activities is underway. The same applies to where we operate her.
- So there will be activities we carry out that no one or only a few want discover because it takes place at sea or in the air, and then there are other things there will have great visibility because it takes place on land and maybe even in Nuuk, he replied.
Ritzau has made the following list of which countries send soldiers to Greenland. Together, the foreign forces are part of the Danish exercise Operation Arctic Endurance:
The US already has around 150 people stationed in Greenland at the Pituffik Space Base. As a result of the defense agreement for Greenland from 1951, the US military has free access to Greenland.
As early as Monday evening, a Challenger aircraft from the Danish air force should have landed in Nuuk. It writes DR None
