The tension that is being experienced and that seems to continue to be experienced and the American aspirations over said territory are making this large island, belonging to Denmark, and which until now could have been almost unknown to much of the planet, is making headlines, being the central topic in interviews, podcasts, and obviously, in real politics.
The statements that the Trump administration has been making for months about its intentions to annex and take over Greenland They have set the geopolitical climate on fire to a degree rarely seen in decades. And Washington’s practices since Trump came to power have done nothing more than tighten the rope with respect to its enemies…
Tariffs, inflammatory statements, imposition of paying 5% of GDP to allied countries belonging to NATO and recently the capture of Nicolás Madurohave turned the world political situation into a powder keg that can explode at any moment.
However, and returning to the issue of Greenland, it should be noted that having been in the eye of the hurricane for some time now, numerous military experts, geopolitical experts at the highest level and politicians from the senior staff of Europe, Russia and Asia, They are analyzing the situation with fear, but also with rigor.
The climate of tension is such that many of these experts They are carefully analyzing every military, legal and political detail that hours and hours are being spent on television programs, YouTube channels, newspapers, etc.
One of them is Yago Rodríguez, on whose channel he has analyzed some very striking war aspects that characterize Greenland: weapons, military personnel, defense capabilities or how Denmark and the island itself could defend themselves. in the face of a hypothetical – and increasingly probable – American attack.
In this sense, Rodríguez touches on several key issues in this work, What are the very low temperatures like? -Greenland is located at the Arctic Pole-, a vast, practically uninhabited territory or the obstacles that its troops would have to face to protect the territory.
What is SIrius Patrol?
Thus, Rodríguez highlights that a key factor is the very low temperatures, which At many times of the year they can reach 45 degrees below. This makes any military maneuver in such terrain very complicated since, as you can imagine, current weapons, no matter how advanced they are, are not prepared to operate in such extreme climates and areas.
However, as this is day-to-day life in Greenland, its troops are prepared and accustomed to this climate. For this reason, Rodríguez highlights that Denmark has “a unique unit with a unique ability”, This is the Sirius Patrol, emerged in 1941.
“They use sleds pulled by up to 15 dogs,” but he also points out that their patrols require “two months of walking at temperatures below 45 degrees below zero in the middle of the Arctic winter.” in which the sun does not appear for whole weeks”. This is why he points out that their preparation is extreme, their skills are unique, since the area they monitor is incomparable to any other area in the world and points out that For this reason, its weapons have “110 years” of life.since modern weapons cannot act in such extremely extreme conditions.
