In a revelation that reads like a Cold War thriller, European officials have disclosed that Denmark secretly prepared to destroy runways in Greenland to prevent a potential US invasion. Soldiers were reportedly deployed to the Arctic territory equipped with explosives and blood supplies — a sign that Copenhagen was preparing for the possibility of actual combat with its own NATO ally.
The extraordinary measures underscore just how seriously European nations took the threat of American territorial ambitions towards Greenland, which has been a recurring point of tension. The fact that a NATO member felt compelled to prepare sabotage operations against another alliance member represents a remarkable rupture in the post-World War II Western security order.
