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Following repeated statements by U.S. President Donald Trump that the United States is considering a wide range of options to annex Greenland, and revelations by senior officials that military options are being considered by the Trump administration, questions have been raised regarding the ability of the Danish Armed Forces to retain control over the territory.

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy has deployed one of its eight Type 055 class heavy destroyers, the Zunyi, for free-form confrontational exercises targeting a simulated enemy in the South China Sea, highlighting many of the ship’s capabilities for such operations. During the exercise the destroyer was tasked with reconnaissance and early warning missions for a naval task force, and managed to successfully acquire its target and gather a large amount of data in real time.

As sea temperatures and geopolitical tensions simultaneously heat up, Greenland’s strategic importance increases. Against this backdrop, the specter of American territorial expansion has emerged as a new factor that is complicating Arctic security.The evolving security environment in the Arctic necessitates deeper American involvement in the region. Specifically, the United States needs to enhance its military presence in Greenland by improving regional air and missile defenses.

Thanks to AI, cheating in professional military education is becoming pervasive. Drawing on our perspectives as a uniformed instructor and as a recent course graduate, we’re seeing officers increasingly outsource their thinking and assignments to sophisticated AI tools despite attempted restrictions. The rising, unauthorized use of AI is not merely an integrity issue. It undermines the very mission of professional military education and erodes the military’s professional ethos.However, AI cheating is not the problem.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces suspended procurements of German HX-2 strike drones in late 2025, after their performances were found to be well below required standards. According an internal presentation prepared by the German Defence Ministry in November, aircraft had trouble even taking off, with only a quarter of them being able to launch. Even if able to get airborne, the aircraft were found to be highly vulnerable to Russian electronic warfare, leading their operators to lose connection.

The Ukrainian Air Force has reported that the Russian Amed Forces launched a Zircon hypersonic cruise missile during an overnight strike on the country on January 20. Where prior launches of the missile were conducted from ships, however, this latest firing was reported to have been carried out from a ground-based launcher on the disputed Crimean Peninsula.

The Republic of Korea Army has begun its first operational deployment of the new Hyunmoo-5 tactical ballistic missile, which integrates the largest tactical warhead ever to be carried by a ballistic missile at an estimated 8,000 to 9,000 kilograms. Developed as part of the Korean Massive Punishment and Retaliation strategy, the missile appears to have been designed to be able to target North Korean underground facilities, and emphasises high impact velocity, penetration, and precision guidance to destroy deeply buried command centres and military bases.

…we know where the minefield is…

There was a lot to get excited about at last week’s Surface Navy Association confab, and I’ll get to that in a minute, but it would be wise to temper one’s expectations.
20 years seems like a long time, but in many ways it is not. As we look forward to what our fleet will look like at mid-century, we should look back to what we were all promised in January of 2005 that was going to transform into the Navy of the 21st century.

The North American Aerospace Defense Command said today that multiple aircraft are on their way to Pituffik Space Base in Greenland. In an unusual move, NORAD’s announcement repeatedly said that the mission, which “will support various long-planned NORAD activities,” is a routine operation.
“This activity has been coordinated with the Kingdom of Denmark, and all supporting forces operate with the requisite diplomatic clearances,” the statement continued. “The Government of Greenland is also informed of planned activities.

The US Army’s PEO Soldier has chosen the HERO-90 loitering munition for its Low Altitude Stalking and Strike Ordnance initiative.