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U.S., Danes Reach Agreement on Thule Radar

May 27, 2004 :: AP :: News

By unanimous vote the Danish parliament today approved a bill to allow the United States to upgrade the Thule ballistic missile early warning system (BMEWS) radar facility in northern Greenland, which will be a part of the missile tracking and detection for the upcoming U.S. missile defense system. The U.S. had originally requested the upgrade on December 17, 2002—the same day the White House announced it would be deploying a missile defense in 2004. The agreement, viewed as a revision of the previous 1951 pact with Denmark, allows for the local Inuit Greenland government to be a co-signatory and to be consulted in previous missile defense negotiations—as well as that the flags of all three countries be flown at the base. The U.S. is also upgrading the similar Fylingdales radar base in northern England.
        The Thule Air Base early warning radar is 1,200 kilometers south of the North Pole. (Article)

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