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Does the US need to ‘own’ Greenland to build Trump's Golden Dome missile shield?
US President Donald Trump has described ownership of Greenland as “vital” to his planned missile defence shield, doubling down on the claim that the sprawling Danish territory is critical to US national security. But experts say Trump's costly Golden Dome can be built without seizing the world’s largest island.
US President Donald Trump has described ownership of Greenland as “vital” to his planned missile defence shield, doubling down on the claim that the sprawling Danish territory is critical to US national security. But experts say Trump's costly Golden Dome can be built without seizing the world’s largest island.
