What is the US Space Force doing in Greenland?

By Free Republic | Created at 2025-01-10 16:36:01 | Updated at 2025-01-10 19:54:25 3 hours ago

What is the US Space Force doing in Greenland?
Space.com ^ | 1/10/2024 | Julian Dossett

Posted on 01/10/2025 8:30:34 AM PST by Rio

The Danish territory of Greenland and its strategic importance for the U.S. and NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) have been making headlines recently.

Largely lost in the media furor, however, are the reasons why Greenland is vital for North American security. One of those reasons concerns the role of a crucial military installation on the world's largest island: Pituffik Space Base.

"The Department of Defense has unveiled a new Arctic strategy, underscoring the region's critical importance to our national security and that of our allies," U.S. Space Force Chief Master Sgt. John Bentivegna said when he visited Pituffik in November 2024.

Pituffik (pronounced bee-doo-FEEK) sits on Greenland's northwest coast, 700 miles (1,126 kilometers) north of the Arctic Circle. That's already a strategic location, and it's likely to become even more important as the Arctic warms and allows more shipping traffic, mining and other commercial activity, experts say.

"Maintaining a strong presence and projecting power from the Arctic is paramount," Bentivegna continued. "We must fortify it, ensuring that we capitalize on our unique position at the top of the world to safeguard our interests and those of our allies."

As the Department of Defense's northernmost installation, Pituffik plays a key role in missile defense and satellite communication. The Space Force says the base's vantage point helps enable "space superiority."

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TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: greenland

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A detachment of the 23rd Space Operations Squadron also works out of Pituffik. Detachment 1 (Det-1), also called the Pituffik Tracking Station, tracks and commands high-priority government satellites from its location, which is about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) southeast of the main base.

1 posted on 01/10/2025 8:30:34 AM PST by Rio

To: Rio

I’ve seen this movie.

It doesn’t end well.......

2 posted on 01/10/2025 8:31:58 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)

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