{"id":15381,"date":"2025-03-25T23:57:33","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T23:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/what-to-know-about-the-only-us-military-base-in-greenland\/"},"modified":"2025-03-25T23:57:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T23:57:33","slug":"what-to-know-about-the-only-us-military-base-in-greenland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/what-to-know-about-the-only-us-military-base-in-greenland\/","title":{"rendered":"What to Know About the Only US Military Base in Greenland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Once called Thule Air Base, now known as Pituffik Space Base, this U.S.-operated installation in northwestern Greenland is one of the most strategically important military sites in the world \u2014 even if most Americans have never heard of it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIt is quite literally the outermost eye of American defense,\u201d said Peter Ernstved Rasmussen, a Danish defense analyst. \u201cPituffik is where the U.S. can detect a launch, calculate the trajectory and activate its missile defense systems. It\u2019s irreplaceable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The outpost is getting new attention as President Trump, who has vowed to make Greenland part of the United States, sends <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/23\/us\/politics\/usha-vance-trump-us-greenland.html\" title=\"\">a high-level delegation<\/a> to the island this week. The visitors will include Vice President JD Vance, who said on Tuesday that he intended to visit \u201cour guardians\u201d in the Space Force while there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">About 150 U.S. Air Force and Space Force personnel are permanently stationed at Pituffik (pronounced Bee-doo-FEEK). They handle missile defense and space surveillance, and the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spaceforce.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Article\/2197738\/upgraded-early-warning-radars\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Upgraded Early Warning Radar<\/a> based here can detect ballistic missiles in their earliest moments of flight.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Each summer, about 70 members of the New York Air National Guard fly into Pituffik to support science missions. Using the U.S. military\u2019s only ski-equipped aircraft, the LC-130, they deliver researchers and supplies to camps on the ice sheet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Pituffik is the only U.S. military base on Greenland.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-6ee3b0f7\">The history<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The American military presence in Greenland began during World War II, when Greenland was a Danish colony. After Nazi Germany occupied Denmark in 1940, Greenland was suddenly isolated and undefended. The United States struck a quiet deal with Denmark\u2019s ambassador in Washington \u2014 bypassing the German-controlled government in Copenhagen \u2014 for American troops to build airfields and weather stations on the island.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">By 1941, U.S. forces had landed, setting up defenses and scanning the North Atlantic for German submarines. A decade later, Denmark and the United States formalized the arrangement with a defense treaty granting Washington broad rights to operate military facilities on the island. Greenland is now a semiautonomous part of Denmark, which, like the United States, is a NATO country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">During the Cold War, Thule became a key Arctic outpost. From here, long-range American bombers could reach the Soviet Union, and massive radar systems were built to detect missiles crossing the polar route \u2014 the shortest path between the two superpowers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">One of the era\u2019s strangest experiments was Camp Century, a nuclear-powered base built under the ice in the late 1950s as part of a secret project called Iceworm. The plan was to test whether nuclear missiles could be hidden and launched from beneath the surface.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIt was Cold War ambition at its wildest,\u201d Mr. Rasmussen said. \u201cThey built a nuclear-powered base in one of the most hostile environments on Earth just to see if it could be done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The ice proved too unstable, and the base was abandoned. But the waste \u2014 including radioactive material and diesel \u2014 is still buried and scientists warn that warming temperatures could eventually expose it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The base also left a lasting mark on Greenland\u2019s Indigenous population. In 1953, about 130 Inuit were forcibly relocated from their homes near Thule to a harsher settlement farther north, poorly suited for traditional hunting. Compensation came decades later, but resentment remains.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The base\u2019s name changed two year ago from Thule to Pituffik, which means in Greenlandic \u201cthe place we tie our dogs.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-2e255fb2\">The location<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Pituffik sits above the 76th parallel on Greenland\u2019s northwest coast, about 750 miles from the North Pole. It\u2019s one of the most remote military installations on Earth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The nearest settlement, Qaanaaq, is more than 70 miles away and home to fewer than 650 people. Many hunt seals, walrus and, occasionally, polar bears to survive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In winter, the sun disappears for weeks and temperatures drop below minus 30 Fahrenheit (minus 34 Celsius). Despite the conditions, Pituffik\u2019s airfield runs year-round. Ships can reach the base only during a narrow summer window when the sea ice temporarily retreats.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-6b2cc7b1\">The base\u2019s technology<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Pituffik is part of a global web of U.S. defense infrastructure and a crucial station. Military experts say that as new threats like hypersonic missiles emerge, the early-warning systems at Pituffik are indispensable.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cHypersonic missiles don\u2019t go into space \u2014 they fly low, they maneuver, and we have no way to intercept them once they\u2019re launched,\u201d explained Troy J. Bouffard, a retired U.S. Army officer and Arctic defense expert. \u201cThat makes early warning more important than ever \u2014 and that\u2019s where Pituffik comes in.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-7\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">If a missile were launched from Russia or China toward North America, it would, Mr. Bouffard said, most likely pass over the Arctic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Pituffik\u2019s ground-based sensors are crucial in that case, said Mr. Bouffard, because satellites don\u2019t work well in high latitudes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Lasers don\u2019t work in the Arctic, either, he added. \u201cThe air columns are full of ice crystals \u2014 basically tiny mirrors \u2014 and lasers and mirrors don\u2019t get along,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Bouffard sees Pituffik\u2019s role expanding beyond radar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIt could also serve as a forward staging base or a key line of communication,\u201d he said. \u201cThe more forward these locations are, the more useful they are.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/25\/world\/europe\/greenland-us-space-base.html\">Source link 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