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All members have militaries, except for Iceland, which does not have a typical army (but it does have a coast guard and a small unit of civilian specialists for NATO operations). Three of NATO's members are nuclear weapons states: France, the United Kingdom, and the United States. NATO has 12 original founding member states.
Unlike Denmark proper, Greenland is not part of the European Union (EU). The country's status was changed to an Overseas Country and Territory (OCT) associated with the EU, a dependent territory that has a special relationship with a member state of the EU. However, Greenland remains a full member of the Council of Europe and NATO.
As a territory of Denmark, Greenland is part of the NATO military alliance. The United States, which has the largest military in the alliance, also takes care of some of Greenland's defense [3] [better source needed] and has a military base there: Pituffik Space Base (formerly Thule Air Base).
Greenland, part of NATO through the membership of Denmark, has strategic significance for the U.S. military and for its ballistic missile early-warning system since the shortest route from Europe ...
It is also “debatable” whether Greenland would still be a member of NATO if it declared independence, the official said. “Denmark is a stalwart NATO ally, and so long as Greenland remains ...
The Panama Canal is vital to our country.” He added, “We need Greenland for national security purposes." Greenland, home to a large U.S. military base, is an autonomous territory of Denmark, a longtime U.S. ally and a founding member of NATO. Trump cast doubts on the legitimacy of Denmark's claim to Greenland.
President-elect Donald Trump floated the idea on Sunday that the U.S. should buy the Arctic island of Greenland because of its strategic importance to the U.S. and NATO. “For purposes of ...
Greenland was effectively independent during these years and allowed the United States to build bases on its territory, in spite of the Danish pre-war neutrality. After the war the pre-war situation was restored, the US bases remained and Denmark, with Greenland as a part of the Kingdom, joined NATO. [12]