Britain to build first permanent Middle East military base in four dec
 

06-12-14 01:33 PM

Foreign secretary Philip Hammond says new facility in Bahrain guarantees Royal Navy’s Gulf presence Britain will set up a permanent military base in the Middle East for the first time in more than four decades. Four minesweepers have operated from the Mina Salmon port in Bahrain, but the new facility will also be a base for much larger ships including destroyers and aircraft carriers. Continue ...

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