silence7@slrpnk.net to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoDenmark’s Army Chief Says He’s Ready to Defend Greenland | Danish forces are moving to the island to show NATO—and Trump—that they’re serious about security.www.theatlantic.comexternal-linkmessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10
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minus-squarekhannie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoThere’s talk of sending the EU rapid reaction force. It’s only 5000 troops but they’re the good shit.
minus-squarebear@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoWhy does it matter if they are good? Are they actually thinking they can repel an invasion? The GDP of Denmark is about half of the US war budget.
minus-squareSreudianFlip@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoNo they don’t think they can repel an invasion, but they know they can make it very costly. Different bioregion, same advantage as the Vietnamese resistance, and cold is even harsher on troops and equipment than the jungle.
minus-squareDanquebec@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoYou can’t really hide in the tundra or icecaps though.
There’s talk of sending the EU rapid reaction force. It’s only 5000 troops but they’re the good shit.
Why does it matter if they are good? Are they actually thinking they can repel an invasion?
The GDP of Denmark is about half of the US war budget.
No they don’t think they can repel an invasion, but they know they can make it very costly. Different bioregion, same advantage as the Vietnamese resistance, and cold is even harsher on troops and equipment than the jungle.
You can’t really hide in the tundra or icecaps though.
You’re in for a big surprise.