FILE - Pituffik Space Base (formerly Thule Air Base) in northern Greenland on ... between Denmark and the United States. It supports missile warning, missile defense and space surveillance ...

The Pituffik Space Base in Greenland, formerly known as Thule Air Base ... is where the U.S. can detect a launch, calculate the trajectory and activate its missile defense systems.

Pituffik space base, formerly Thule air base, with the domes of the tracking ... it houses a giant radar capable of detecting any ballistic missile attack over the North Pole, as well as one ...