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VP JD Vance to Visit Greenland’s Pituffik Space Base for Security Briefing

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Business Honor
26 March, 2025

The US Space Force base is crucial for missile defense and surveillance.

US Vice President JD Vance and Second Lady Usha Vance on Friday will fly to the Pituffik Space Base in Greenland to get briefed on Arctic security and meet with US servicemen, a press release from the Office of the Vice President said.

Pituffik Space Base, operated by the US Space Force's 821st Space Base Group, is the US Department of Defense's northernmost presence. It plays a role in missile warning, missile defense, and space surveillance, and so it is a valuable resource for US national security operations.

Vice President Vance expressed his anticipation for the visit in a post on X, stating, “I’m looking forward to visiting Greenland on Friday.” In an accompanying video message, he emphasized the importance of the trip, saying, “I’m going to visit some of our guardians in the Space Force on the northwest coast of Greenland and also check out what is going on with the security there in Greenland.”

The trip underscores the growing importance of Arctic security with regard to shifting global geopolitics. The comment by the Vice President's office referenced the traditional importance of Greenland in US national defense policy, saying that there were American military installations on the island during World War II for countering the threat of Nazism and they were later widened in the Cold War to contain Soviet missile issues.

The statement also denounced previous inaction on Arctic policy while commending President Trump's dedication to bolstering US presence in the region. The visit supplants Second Lady Usha Vance's previously planned trip to the Avannaata Qimussersu dogsled race, a sign of a new focus on national security interests at the Arctic outpost.