During the Cold War, the U.S. considered stationing nuclear missiles under the ice sheet in Greenland -- and never told Greenlanders or Denmark about the secret project.

The overall theme of the early part of the Cold War was that of subterfuge — with scientific missions often providing excellent cover for placing missiles right on the USSR’s doorstep. Recently NASA ...

Giant vehicles were used to transport supplies to Camp Century, a U.S. military base in Greenland, shown in June 1959. (Pictorial Parade/Getty Images) As the threat of nuclear war loomed during the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Giant vehicles were used to transport supplies to Camp Century, a U.S. military base in Greenland, shown in June 1959. (Pictorial ...