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Greenland's location makes it critically important for national defense. It sits geographically midway between Washington, D.C., and Moscow, serving as a potential forward base and a key monitoring point for Arctic activity. As the Arctic ice melts, Greenland's potential as a military and resource-rich outpost increases. Russian ships increasingly traverse these waters from the Arctic Ocean into the Atlantic, making control over Greenland a strategic necessity for the U.S.