NSA Spied on Denmark as It Chose Its Future Fighter Aircraft: Report

Re:NSA Spied on Denmark as It Chose Its Future Fighter Aircr... by msh on Thursday November 19, 2020 @02:20AM (#25147034)

I am also danish, I would guess a large part is that we have no alternative to the US as a defence partner.

If for example russia wanted greenland, I dont feel confident that any other of our allies would put soldiers on the ground to defend it.

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Re:NSA Spied on Denmark as It Chose Its Future Fighter Aircr... by guest3456789 on Thursday November 19, 2020 @02:49AM (#25147162)

Not trying to being sceptic here, but before and after seeing the latest Greenland movie, I think USA owns already Greenland de facto for all practical purposes. Denmark just has it on paper and pays the costs. If Russia wanted to take Greenland (why?), then USA will fight of course because it is already theirs.

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Re:NSA Spied on Denmark as It Chose Its Future Fighter Aircr... by ochrist on Thursday November 19, 2020 @03:34AM (#25147425)

I don't agree with this, and neither does the Greenland Home Rule: https://naalakkersuisut.gl/en USA has a base to the very north east of Greenland (Thule Air Base), but most of the workforce there is people from Denmark and Greenland. They used to have other bases (e.g. Sonderstrom), but are currently primarily based on Thule. However, after the POTUS offer on buying Greenland, USA is now (re)opening a consulate there. Source: I'm Danish and have worked at Thule Air Base several years ago.

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