(L-R) Minister of Defense of Croatia Ivan Anusic, Minister of Defence of Denmark, Troels Lund Poulsen, Minister of Defense of Finland Antti Kakkanen and Minister of National Defence of Canada David McGuinty prepare to pose for a photo during the meeting of the NATO Ministers of Defence at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, 12 February 2026. EPA/OLIVIER MATTHYS 
NATO said on Wednesday it had launched the mission to strengthen its presence in the Arctic, part of an effort to defuse tensions within the alliance prompted by the U.S. president's push to acquire Greenland from Denmark.
"Our F-35 contribution strengthens the overall presence in the region and underscores Denmark's role as an active ally in the Arctic and North Atlantic," Poulsen said in a statement.
Poulsen also expects the United States to contribute to the NATO mission, he told reporters ahead of the Munich Security Conference in the German city.
(Reporting by Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen and Louise Rasmussen, editing by Terje Solsvik)