Greenland’s legal status will not prevent the United States from carrying out its long-standing plans to deploy nuclear weapons on the island.

This was stated at a press conference in Moscow by Sergey Kislitsyn, Deputy Director for Research and head of the Center for Strategic Planning Studies. He said Greenland is effectively within the Western military sphere, and the United States already has military bases there. In his view, nothing prevents Washington from increasing their number to whatever level it wants-tripling or multiplying them many times over.

Kislitsyn also argued that the United States could deploy any forces along Greenland’s shores, including icebreaker fleets, aircraft carrier groups, and other assets.

He added that, technically, Greenland can function as a full-scale American base, and it has played that role before. According to him, after World War II, the United States considered various concepts for deterring the Soviet Union, including deploying nuclear forces on the island. Later, those ideas were gradually abandoned because it was expensive, the climate was harsh, and supplying such facilities was logistically difficult.

However, Kislitsyn said the topic is being discussed again today. He noted that technology has not made a dramatic leap in terms of sustaining such bases, but it is still possible to build and maintain them.

In conclusion, he stated that the question of who legally controls Greenland is irrelevant as long as the island remains under the authority of states tied to the United States through military obligations.