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Qaanaaq (pron. KAY-nack), formerly Thule, is a large town in northwestern Greenland. It was named Thule after a European myth. Qaanaaq has a population of approximately 650 inhabitants.The Thule Air Force Base is a part of the U.S. network of early warning radars, and is an important facility in the recent discussion of the National Missile Defense (NMD). The proposed update of the facility ( X-band Radar) to meet the demands of the NMD is controversial within Greenland and Denmark (Greenland is a part of the Kingdom of Denmark). On January 22 1968, a B-52 crashed seven miles south of the Thule Air Force Base. Nuclear bombs were lost and debris scattered over the area in the accident.
See also: Thule.
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