How a potential Chinese-built airport in Greenland could be risky for a vital US Air Force base

Snow blows near the U.S. Air Force’s Thule Air Base on March 25, 2017, in Pituffik, Greenland. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

 

WASHINGTON — With less than 60,000 people spread across more than 830,000 square miles, Greenland relies heavily on air transport to move supplies and people up and down its coast.

So when the local government issued a solicitation to build three new airports, the move made sense from a business perspective. The project would be expensive, but would improve commerce and make life on the island easier for its residents.

Then a Chinese company — owned by the government in Beijing, and once blacklisted by the World Bank — put forth a bid, and a simple request for proposals transformed into a project with international diplomatic ramifications.

Meteor Over Missile Early Warning Site: Why Didn’t They See It Coming?

 

Is the U.S. military silent about a mysterious fireball which exploded over Greenland, because it defeated America’s premier missile defense technology? Today on TruNews, Rick debates the origin of the near nuclear sized explosion in proximity of Thule Air Base, and addresses other powder kegs waiting to explode: Turkey, Iran, and the future of the Palestinian people. Air date: 8/06/18.