US to Reactivate Greenland's Cold War-Era Military Base (Narsarsuaq)

[Financial News] The United States is reportedly planning to reactivate a military base in Greenland that it used during the Cold War and station US troops in the eastern part of the island.
According to foreign media reports on the 21st, the United States, Denmark and Greenland are scheduled to sign a new security agreement containing these provisions in New York on the 22nd, during the UN General Assembly.
Under the agreement, the United States plans to reactivate the former military base at Narsarsuaq in southern Greenland. A US military base called "Bluie West One" operated there until the 1950s, during the early years of the Cold War.
During the Cold War, the United States operated 17 military facilities in Greenland and stationed more than 10,000 troops there. The only remaining US facility in Greenland is Pituffik Space Base, which is currently staffed by about 150 soldiers.
The United States also plans to establish a military outpost at Mestersvig in eastern Greenland.
Mestersvig is currently a military outpost used by Denmark's special-forces unit, the Sirius Dog Sled Patrol.
However, the details of the agreement have reportedly not yet been finalized.
Earlier, US President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social on the 18th that the United States had reached a security agreement with Denmark.
The Trump administration said the agreement would allow the United States to station troops permanently in Greenland and increase the number of bases as necessary.
The US military's authority to maintain a presence would remain in place even if Greenland later became independent from Denmark.
China, Russia and other countries that are not members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) would also be barred from establishing military bases in Greenland or making investments that threaten US security.
Denmark explained that the agreement would place Arctic security under NATO's management rather than leaving it solely to the United States and Denmark.
Since taking office, President Trump has insisted that the United States must control Greenland. The position triggered diplomatic tensions within NATO, prompting Denmark and Greenland to begin negotiations with the United States.
The agreement was framed as expanding US military influence while leaving sovereignty over Greenland with Denmark.
 


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