(SeaPRwire) –   Denmark made preparations to destroy Greenland’s airstrips with explosives and airlifted in blood supplies due to concerns about a possible U.S. invasion earlier this year, a new report from Danish public broadcaster DR claims.

According to EuroNews, these actions were components of a contingency plan that involved sending soldiers to the island in January with demolition explosives to potentially stop U.S. planes from landing.

The plan was detailed in a Danish military operations order from January 13, which DR stated it had examined.

These preparations occurred as friction increased following President Donald Trump’s assertion that the United States ought to control Greenland for reasons of national security.

Both Greenland’s Prime Minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, and Denmark’s Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen, consistently refused Trump’s proposals to purchase the island.

The BBC reported that DR said its findings were drawn from 12 sources at the top echelons of the Danish government and military, as well as from sources within Denmark’s allies, France and Germany.

“When Trump repeatedly states his desire to buy Greenland … we were compelled to consider every potential situation seriously,” an anonymous Danish military official informed DR.

Denmark and a number of European partners also sent troops to Greenland under the guise of a NATO training exercise named Arctic Endurance.

In truth, based on the sources referenced by DR, this troop movement was an active military operation.

The report stated that the arriving soldiers were supplied not just with regular equipment but also with medical stocks and explosives. France, Germany, and Sweden participated in the January deployment as well.

Even with these measures in place, Danish officials aimed to prevent a worsening of relations with Washington.

On January 21, Trump declared an ambiguous “framework” agreement concerning Greenland with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, though specifics are still not known.

Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Trump remarked, “I don’t want to use force. I won’t use force. All the United States is asking for is a place called Greenland.”

On March 17, the commander of U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM), Gen. Gregory Guillot, stated, “We are working with Denmark through the Department of State to expand some of the authorities that are in the 1951 treaty to give increased access to different bases across Greenland.

“But everything that we’re doing through NORTHCOM is through Greenland and through Denmark.”