SHANNON AIRPORT has played an important role in the United States logistical network that has facilitated its Afghan war and other conflicts the US has been involved in over the past two decades. What now after Afghanistan? Shannon in US military terminology is a ‘cooperative security location’ or ‘lily pad’. The remote location, the lack… Read more »
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