U.S. Official Discusses Missile Shield Plan

Washington’s top arms control expert met Danish and Greenland officials amid U.S. efforts to secure support for a controversial shield to protect the United States from missile attacks. In Nuuk, Greenland’s capital, John Holum, the State Department’s undersecretary for arms control and international security, discussed proposals to upgrade an existing U.S. radar station on the Arctic island as part of the new national missile defense system. Russia and China strongly oppose the plan, and Washington’s European allies have been skeptical, fearing it would undermine international arms agreements and prompt a new arms race.