> That can all be true, but this is still posturing and they haven't yet broken any laws.

Posturing is to say that "they haven't yet broken any laws". Transferring equipment to a place for which the company had no permit is breaking the law. Once again, this is what happened and it's an act of breaking the law - both formally and substantively:

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That has prompted Greenland’s government to issue a “strong warning” that no approval had been granted to land the kit.