WASHINGTON — The United States has secured authority to establish Golden Dome missile-defense capabilities in Greenland, opening the way for the Pentagon to expand a homeland defense network around Pituffik Space Base, where the U.S. Space Force already operates a ballistic missile warning radar.

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