Denmark secretly prepared to blow up Greenland's runways to stop U.S. aircraft: report

Denmark prepared to sabotage Greenland’s airstrips utilizing explosives and flew successful humor supplies amid fears of a imaginable U.S. penetration earlier this year, according to a caller study by Danish nationalist broadcaster DR.

The measures were said to beryllium portion of a contingency scheme that included deploying troops to nan land successful January pinch explosives for imaginable runway demolition, aimed astatine preventing U.S. craft from landing, EuroNews said.

The measures were outlined successful a Danish subject operations bid dated Jan. 13, which DR said it had reviewed.

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The Greenlandic emblem flies successful Nuuk, Greenland, Jan. 20, 2026. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

The preparations came arsenic tensions escalated complete President Donald Trump’s connection that nan U.S. should power Greenland for nationalist information reasons.

Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen many times rejected Trump’s demands to get nan island.

DR said it based its study connected 12 sources wrong nan highest levels of nan Danish authorities and military, arsenic good arsenic sources among Denmark’s friends successful France and Germany, nan BBC said.

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More Danish soldiers onshore astatine Nuuk airport, Greenland, Jan. 19, 2026.  (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix/via REUTERS)

"When Trump says each nan clip that he wants to bargain Greenland … we had to return each imaginable scenarios seriously," an unnamed Danish subject charismatic told DR.

Denmark and respective European friends besides deployed troops to Greenland nether what was a NATO workout called Arctic Endurance.

In reality, according to nan sources cited by DR, nan deployment was operational.

Soldiers arrived equipped not only pinch modular subject cogwheel but besides pinch nan aesculapian supplies and nan explosives, nan study said.  France, Germany and Sweden besides took portion successful nan January deployment.

Despite nan preparations, Danish authorities sought to debar escalation with Washington.

Trump announced a vague "framework" statement connected Greenland pinch NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte connected Jan. 21, though specifications stay unclear.

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President Donald Trump said from Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 21 that nan U.S. is nan only federation that is capable to power and unafraid Greenland.  (Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

At nan World Economic forum successful Davos Trump said: "I don't want to usage force. I won't usage force. All nan United States is asking for is simply a spot called Greenland."

On March 17, nan commandant of U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM), Gen. Gregory Guillot, said, "We are moving pinch Denmark done nan Department of State to grow immoderate of nan authorities that are successful nan 1951 pact to springiness accrued entree to different bases crossed Greenland."

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"As we look astatine nan expanding threat and nan strategical value of Greenland. But everything that we're doing done NORTHCOM is done Greenland and done Denmark," he added astatine nan House Armed Services proceeding connected U.S. subject posture and nationalist information challenges successful North and South America.