Denmark has announced a significant increase in spending on Greenland’s defence,…

🇩🇰🇬🇱🇺🇸Denmark has announced a significant increase in spending on Greenland’s defence, including new dog sled teams.

The decision was made after US President-elect Donald Trump reiterated his desire to acquire the Arctic territory, the BBC reports.

Denmark was categorically against this.

As Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen noted, the defense package amounts to a “double-digit billion sum” in kroner, or, as journalists have calculated, at least $1.5 billion.

The funds will enable the purchase of two new inspection ships, two new long-range drones and two additional dog sled teams, Poulsen said.

In addition, the support will help upgrade one of Greenland’s civilian airports to handle F-35 supersonic fighter jets.