island base
Example Sentences
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This tiny, tropical Indian Ocean island base, jointly operated by the UK and US and now leased from nearby Mauritius, has a strategic significance out of all proportion to its size.
From BBC • Jun. 19, 2025
In 2020, KQ-200 anti-submarine warfare aircraft also were deployed on a third island base on Fiery Cross Reef.
From Washington Times • Jul. 13, 2021
The US has long voiced suspicions that Russia could be carrying out low-yield testing at a remote Arctic island base, Novaya Zemlya.
From The Guardian • May 30, 2019
Such an explosion would have utterly destroyed my secret island base.
From Nature • Mar. 20, 2018
On December 7 the British battle cruisers and other ships picked up in passage arrived at the island base and at once began to coal.
From A History of Sea Power by Stevens, William Oliver
