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Monday, December 08, 2014

U.S. Presence at Spanish Base Continues to Grow


Rota Naval base
The American strategy calling for increased attention to the Asia-Pacific region does not mean other areas of the world are less important to U.S. interests and the growth of the naval base here is a case in point.

In 2010, the NATO allies agreed to increase ballistic missile protection for Europe. Two American Aegis-equipped frigates now call Rota home and two more are scheduled to join them next year.

These are the first American ships home-ported here since Polaris-missile submarines left in the 1970s, U.S. base officials said.

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