Politico: US to put Greenland under its Northern Command, sources say

The US Department of Defense is poised to shift its oversight of Greenland by putting it under U.S. Northern Command, sources said, Politico reports.

Under the plan, Greenland would shift from European Command’s jurisdiction to Northern Command as early as this week, and that could cause a negative reaction from Denmark and the US allies in NATO.

“From the perspective of geography, the move makes some sense,” said one of the people familiar. “From a political perspective, however, this clearly is going to worry Europe.”

The second person familiar with the planning said the Danish government has not been formally briefed on the upcoming move.

The US Northern Command is responsible for overseeing the security of North America. The aforesaid change opens the possibility of adding more Golden Dome radar systems on Greenland and expanding that network of sensors, while more closely aligning the island with Canadian and American regional defense plan.