U.S., Denmark to Sign Radar Upgrade Agreement

The United States will be able to upgrade its early warning radar in Greenland for use in U.S. missile defense following signing of an accord with Denmark Aug. 6, according to Associated Press (see GSN, May 27).

U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell will travel to Greenland for the ceremony with Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller and Greenland Deputy Premier Josef Motzfeldt.

Greenland is a semiautonomous territory of Denmark, which handles the island’s defense and foreign affairs matters.

Improving the U.S. Thule Air Base radar on Greenland’s far northwest coast would give the planned U.S. ballistic missile defense system a well-located, more precise sensor for tracking long-range ballistic missiles launched from Southwest Asian countries, such as Iran (Associated Press/San Diego Union-Tribune, July 29).

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