Report says US will open two military sites in Greenland under Denmark deal
The United States will open two military bases in Greenland under a deal with Denmark, NDTV reported. The sites are Narsarsuaq, where the population has fallen to a few dozen since the former US Bluie West One base closed in the 1950s, and Mestersvig, a military outpost used by Denmark’s Sirius Dog Sled Patrol.
The United States will open two military bases in Greenland under a deal with Denmark, according to a report cited by NDTV. The proposed sites are Narsarsuaq and Mestersvig. Narsarsuaq has a population of only a few dozen people, after the United States closed its Bluie West One military base there in the 1950s, the report said.
Mestersvig is currently a military outpost used by the Sirius Dog Sled Patrol, a Danish special forces unit. The supplied material does not explain how the site would be changed or when either US base would open. It also does not provide details of the agreement, the number of personnel involved, the facilities planned or the missions the bases would support.
The account identifies the arrangement as a deal with Denmark but includes no statement from US, Danish or Greenlandic authorities.
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