Denmark boosts Greenland military spending after Trump comments
Drones and dog sled teams will be deployed to the frozen island, Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen has said | Denmark will spend more than $1.5 billion on the defense of Greenland, Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said on Tuesday, days after US President-elect Donald Trump declared that he wants the territory under American “ownership and control.” ● Speaking to Denmark’s Jyllands-Posten newspaper, Poulsen said that Copenhagen will spend a “double digit billion amount” of krone, or at least $1.5 billion, on a package of measures aimed at increasing the Danish military presence in Greenland. The package includes two patrol boats, two long-range drones, two sled dog teams, and funding to upgrade one of the territory’s civilian airports to accommodate F-35 fighter jets, he said.
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