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Isn't Greenland already included in "Denmark"? And Iceland doesn't even have a military, AFAIR. The country's total population is <400k
by eliben 4y ago
Isn't Greenland already included in "Denmark"?
And Iceland doesn't even have a military, AFAIR. The country's total population is <400k
- sacnoradhq 4y agoThere's an ongoing and popular desire to become independent. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenlandic_independence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenlandic_independence "Cosmetics Billionaire Convinced Trump That the U.S. Should Buy Greenland" (Denmark said "no" and Conan O'Brien visited to find out what went wrong.) https://visitgreenland.com/articles/conan-obrien-in-greenland/ https://visitgreenland.com/articles/conan-obrien-in-greenlan... Iceland relies on cooperation with the US military for defense: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Keflavik https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Keflavik https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defence_of_Iceland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defence_of_Iceland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland_Air_Defence_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland_Air_Defence_System
- Knufen 4y agoAs a Dane this appears true on the surface but not when diving deeper. Some in Greenland might desire independence but it has neither the economy nor the willingness to adapt to actually move forward with it.
- erk__ 4y agoGreenland has a militarised coastguard as part of their self-governance, but the general defence of Greenland (and the Faroe Islands) is done by the Danish military. More specifically by the Joint Arctic Command https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Arctic_Command https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Arctic_Command