While stressing his intention of keeping the Arctic a “low-tension area”, Danish Defence Minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen has threatened to station fighter jets on Greenland, which is part of the Danish realm.
Denmark will have to deploy fighter aircraft on its bases in Greenland, the world’s largest island, if Russia violates Greenlandic airspace, Danish Defence Minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen of the liberal-conservative Venstre party has warned.