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Greenland Agreement Allows For Golden Dome System

Greenland Agreement Allows For Golden Dome System
Radar systems at Thule Air Base, Greenland, scan the skies for foreign military rockets and missiles on Sept. 9, 2017. Operation Blue Jay first established Thule Air Base in 1951. Thule Air Base, Greenland, is the Department of Defense's northern most installation and hosts several radar sites. Thule is now Pituffik Space Base (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S., Denmark and Greenland on Tuesday signed an Arctic Security agreement that would allow for the U.S. to establish a missile defense system on Greenland as part of the Trump administration’s Golden Dome of America. “Recognizing the Parties’ shared interest in allowing the United States to have military access to the territory of Greenland to the extent necessary to defend the North Atlantic Treaty area, Greenland, and the American continent, including through the establishment of a Golden Dome defense…

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