Denmark eyes Greenland airport upgrades to support F-35 fighter deployment

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Source: Lockheed Martin

Amid ominous messaging from US president-elect Donald Trump about the need to control Greenland for national security purposes, Copenhagen says it will expand the Danish defence presence on the autonomous Arctic island, including by upgrading a former air base to support Denmark’s new Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighters.

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