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The Eduard Modeller's Den is an online paid magazine of Czech company Eduard - M. A. designed for enthusiasts of plastic modeling, history, and related subjects. It offers a diverse range of content, including articles on current events, historical articles, museum travel guides, and interviews with notable personalities.

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Eduard Modeller‘s Den No. 9 - JANUARY 2026

TheNorthernmostBase

The base, which during the Cold War

temporarily hosted up to 10,000 members

of the U.S. Armed Forces, is today manned

by only around 150 men and women of

the United States Space Force. It is the

northernmost U.S. military base in the

world, located 1,210 km north of the

Arcc Circle and 1,524 km south of the

North Pole. The base occupies an ideal

posion roughly midway along the air

route between northern Russia and the

mainland United States.

This strategically located installaon

forms a signicant element of the global

network of missile warning sensors of

Space Delta 4 and space surveillance

and space control sensors of Space Delta

2. These systems provide space domain

awareness (SDA) and advanced ballisc

missile detecon capabilies to the North

American Aerospace Defense Command

(NORAD) and NATO allied partners.

The area monitored by systems under

the control of Pituk Space Base largely

overlaps with the sensor coverage of RAF

Fylingdales in the United Kingdom and

Clear Space Force Staon in Alaska, which,

due to their geographic posions, oer

extended coverage of western and eastern

Russia respecvely.

Pituk Space Base is also home to the

821st Space Base Group, responsible for

providing base operang support within

the Pituk Defense Area.

The base hosts the 12th Space Warning

Squadron (12 SWS), which operates the

Ballisc Missile Early Warning System

(BMEWS) designed to detect and track

interconnental ballisc missiles (ICBMs)

launched against North America. It is

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Oneoftheglobalfocal points of today’s tensegeopolical environment is

GreenlandandU.S.interestsonitsterritory.Inconneconwiththesehistorical

developments,ofwhichmostofusaremerelypassiveobservers,Iwouldlike

torecallauniqueU.S.militaryinstallaonlocatedonthenorthwesterncoast

ofGreenland:PitukSpaceBase,formerlyknownasThuleAirBase.

The new Pituk Space Base sign showcased at the headquarters building at Pituk Space

Base, Greenland, April 6, 2023. Pituk, previously known as Thule Air Base, was renamed

April 6, 2023. The renaming beer reects the base’s role in the U.S. Space Force, while paying

homage to its es to the Greenlandic people and culture.

Photo: Senior Airman Kaitlin Casllo, U.S. Space Force

Locaon of Thule Base in Greenland. Map

indicates also borders of Greenland´s muni-

cipalies. Illustraon: Wikimedia Commons

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