(15 Sep 2025)
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Nuuk, Greenland – 15 September 2025
1. Wide of Danish F-16 fighter jets flyby, pan left
2. Mid of ship firing gun
3. Close of ship firing gun
4. Wide of ship firing gun
5. Wide of ship, Danish soldier taking pictures in foreground
6. Wide of helicopters flying past Danish flag
7. Mid of soldiers roping down from helicopter
8. Wide of soldiers roping down from helicopter on ship
9. Mid of soldiers storming ship, holding weapons
10. Wide of ship deck with soldiers
11. Mid of general giving interview
12. Close of stars on uniform
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Major General Søren Andersen, chief of Denmark’s Arctic Command:
“I think it’s fair to say that Russia has built up in the Arctic for the last 20 years. And Russia is a regional superpower in the Arctic. And I think we can see that in the Bering Strait between Alaska and Russia, that they conduct operations that we have never seen before. We see that they work together with Chinese coastguard ships and so and so forth. We can see it also north of Norway and down along Norway’s west coast into the Baltic sea area, also with the shadow fleet, that Russia has changed their behaviour.”
14. Wide of Greenlandic, Danish, Swedish and Icelandic defence ministers at media event
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Troels Lund Poulsen, Danish Defence Minister:
“So, (the) US was also invited to be part of this visit here. I gave the invitation to Pete Hegseth. He was unfortunately not able to participate in this event. But as I have been told, the US was very satisfied of having the possibility to have the invitation for being here. I have not heard anything from the US, from the administration. I think we are showing that we are willing to do more here in the Arctic. We are also willing to invest more.”
16. Mid of US, Danish and German military observers on ship
17. Close of US Navy uniform
18. Wide of US, Danish and German military observers walking past Danish flag
19. Wide of Arctic Ocean and ship front with gun turret
20. Close of radar screen on bridge
21. Mid of soldier using binoculars
22. Wide of ships and soldiers on deck
23. Close of unit patches on uniform
24. Soldiers waving to passing ships
25. Danish flag with battleship in background
STORYLINE:
Denmark is leading a military exercise with hundreds of troops from several European NATO members in Greenland, amid months of tensions over the Trump administration’s desire for US jurisdiction over the vast Arctic territory.
The Arctic Light 2025 exercise, which follows manoeuvers with identical or similar titles in previous years, involves more than 550 service members from Denmark and NATO allies France, Germany, Sweden and Norway, according to the Danish military.
Its stated aim is to strengthen the operational readiness of the Danish armed forces around Greenland, a strategically located island that is a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark.
The military says its personnel is training along with allies to reinforce “their joint response capabilities against destabilising threats to Greenland, the Kingdom of Denmark, and NATO in the North Atlantic and Arctic regions.”
Russian military operations in the Arctic are of particular concern.
Major General Søren Andersen, chief of Denmark’s Arctic Command, said Russia had been building up its capabilities in the Arctic for the last 20 years.
"Russia is a regional superpower in the Arctic. And I think we can see that in the Bering strait between Alaska and Russia, that they conduct operations that we have never seen before," he said.
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