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Marshall Islands Introduction 2016
https://allcountries.org/world_fact_book_2016/marshall_islands/marshall_islands_introduction.html
SOURCE: 2016 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES











Marshall Islands Introduction 2016
SOURCE: 2016 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES


Page last updated on February 11, 2016

Background:
After almost four decades under US administration as the easternmost part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Marshall Islands attained independence in 1986 under a Compact of Free Association. Compensation claims continue as a result of US nuclear testing on some of the atolls between 1947 and 1962. The Marshall Islands hosts the US Army Kwajalein Atoll Reagan Missile Test Site, a key installation in the US missile defense network. Kwajalein also hosts one of four dedicated ground antennas (the others are on Ascension (Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha), Diego Garcia (British Indian Ocean Territory), and at Cape Canaveral, Florida (US)) that assist in the operation of the Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation system.


NOTE: The information regarding Marshall Islands on this page is re-published from the 2016 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Marshall Islands Introduction 2016 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Marshall Islands Introduction 2016 should be addressed to the CIA.




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