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    AFRICOM adds logistic hub in west Africa

    AFRICOM adds logistic hub in west Africa

    It is surprising that this was not done earlier. Logistics can never be ignored.

    From Ghana’s capital, a new supply network will ferry supplies and arms to special forces troops across the region.

    U.S. Africa Command plans to begin routing flights to Accra, Ghana, as the hub of a new logistics network to ferry supplies and weapons to the patches of U.S. troops operating across the continent’s increasingly turbulentwestern region.
    A C-17 cargo plane is scheduled to touch down at Kotoka International Airport later this month, inaugurating what is expected to become a weekly flight from AFRICOM’s home base in Europe to the port capital. The United States has access to warehouse space in Accra — part of a defense-cooperation agreement struck with the Ghanaians in May — and from there will send the aggregated cargo out on smaller planes and trucks to the approximately 1,800 U.S. troops dispersed across 17 to 20 locations in West Africa.


    It’s “basically a bus route,” said Brig. Gen. Leonard J. Kosinski, who runs logistics at AFRICOM, carrying arms, ammunition, food, and other supplies to special forces troops.But it’s a bus route that traverses a baker’s dozen of nations that together cover roughly the area of the continental United States, epitomizing “the tyranny of distance,” Kosinski said.

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    Well we cant use Djibouti.....and Ghana would be a better choice anyways.
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    Camels are out of the question.

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    The Chinese People's Liberation Army Support Base in Djibouti is a military base operated by the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), located in Djibouti in the Horn of Africa. It is the PLAN's first overseas military base and was built at a cost of US$590 million.

    Chinese People's Liberation Army Support Base in Djibouti ...

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_naval_base_in_Djibouti



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    Feb 25, 2017 · U.S. Wary of Its New Neighbor in Djibouti: A Chinese Naval Base. Image. ... For American military strategists, the security implications of the Chinese base



    Djibouti - China Naval Base - Reliable Security Information

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    Djibouti - China Naval Base. Djibouti's government terminated a contract with Dubai's DP World in February 2018 that stripped the port operator of its rights to run the Doraleh Container Terminal.



    Pretty much shows why we were looking for someplace else.


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    Quote Originally Posted by MMC View Post
    The Chinese People's Liberation Army Support Base in Djibouti is a military base operated by the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), located in Djibouti in the Horn of Africa. It is the PLAN's first overseas military base and was built at a cost of US$590 million.

    Chinese People's Liberation Army Support Base in Djibouti ...


    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_naval_base_in_Djibouti



    U.S. Wary of Its New Neighbor in Djibouti: A Chinese Naval ...

    https://www.nytimes.com/.../africa/us-djibouti-chinese-naval-base.html
    Feb 25, 2017 · U.S. Wary of Its New Neighbor in Djibouti: A Chinese Naval Base. Image. ... For American military strategists, the security implications of the Chinese base



    Djibouti - China Naval Base - Reliable Security Information

    www.globalsecurity.org › … › Foreign RelationsChina Relations
    Djibouti - China Naval Base. Djibouti's government terminated a contract with Dubai's DP World in February 2018 that stripped the port operator of its rights to run the Doraleh Container Terminal.



    Pretty much shows why we were looking for someplace else.


    We have a big base there too- Camp Lemonier.

    I posted about the Chinese base when it came online.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    We have a big base there too- Camp Lemonier.

    I posted about the Chinese base when it came online.
    Yeah former French Foreign Legion Base.
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