Arctic security pact cements US access in Greenland under Danish deal

Denmark and the United States signed a security accord that allows expanding U.S. military activities in Greenland, including modernizing operations at the Pituffik Space Base and establishing defense areas at Narsarsuaq and Mestersvig, with broad mobility and undersea access. The pact has no end date and directs contracting to Greenlandic sources where possible; if Greenland becomes independent, it would remain in NATO. Officials say the deal strengthens Arctic security and transatlantic ties, though it leaves lingering diplomatic tensions after Trump’s Greenland comments.