What to know about the U.S. military's Pituffik Space Base in Greenland

What to know about the U.S. military's Pituffik Space Base in Greenland
The remote Pituffik Space Base in northwestern Greenland, which Vice President JD Vance is visiting on Friday, is the U.S. Department of Defense’s northernmost installation
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