Overview
- NATO’s Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe confirmed planning has started for an enhanced vigilance activity called Arctic Sentry to strengthen the alliance’s posture in the Arctic and High North.
- Reporting from Der Spiegel, echoed by TASS, says early drafts foresee regular alliance naval maneuvers, tighter airspace control by fighter jets, and temporary small land force exercises in Greenland.
- Germany-based reporting indicates NATO defense ministers may convene in Brussels in the coming weeks to review initial Arctic Sentry planning.
- Denmark’s foreign ministry said the United States, Denmark and Greenland have opened talks to address U.S. Arctic security concerns while respecting the Kingdom’s red lines and the 1951 defense framework.
- Russia’s deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov warned Moscow would take military measures if the U.S. deploys elements of its proposed Golden Dome missile defense in Greenland, as the New START treaty’s expiration looms.