https://www.openstreetbrowser.org/#map=15/10.8868/-74.7789&categories=military 10.87917/-74.78250
Wikipedia EN: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malambo,_Atl%C3%A1ntico
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Julietta Daza about Latin America
Video presentation from Julietta Daza (Colombia / Venezuela), July 9th 2021
Video: http://files.visualbases.org/video/2021-07_IBC_bases_latinamerica_web.mp4
Toguchi Osamu, Okinawa
Video-Presentation from Toguchi Osamu, member of the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly, July, 9th 2021
Video: http://files.visualbases.org/video/2021-07_IBC_Okinawa.mp4
A-Young Moon, South Korea
Video-Presentation: http://files.visualbases.org/video/2021-07_IBC_ayoung_presentation_web.mp4
Global US military presence and the role of Germany
by Karl-Heinz Peil published in German July 4th, 2021 on Telepolis https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Globale-US-Militaerpraesenz-und-die-Rolle-Deutschlands-6121113.html (A copy is available here: https://visualbases.org/2021-07-04_kp-telepolis/) Automatic translation by deepl.com, edited by the author. Concerning links and sources have a look to the original publication. US military bases worldwide: from the big bootprint to invisibility To depict the global US military presence, the roughly estimated number of 800 military bases in foreign countries and (own) overseas regions has been circulating for years. This is usually used to strikingly illustrate the character of the US empire, which is also referred to as “power projection”. However, this term can be … Continue reading →
SYR | Khmeimim Air Base
ITA | Sardinia, Salto di Quirra: Training Area
ITA | Sardinia: Decimomannu Air Base
ROU | Sibiu: NATO Multinational Corps South-East
OMN | Thumrait MAP
Wikipedia EN: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thumrait#Military
IRQ | Camp Speicher
Google Earth 2021 (2005)
Wikipedia EN: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Speicher
DE: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/COB_Speicher
IRQ | Ain al-Asad Airbase
Google Earth 20021 (2004)
Wikipedia EN: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Asad_Airbase
Update: US military expanding Ain al-Asad air base despite calls to withdraw troops from Iraq
MA | Aéroport de Guelmim
Wikipedia EN: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guelmim_Airport
USA | Guam: Andersen Air Force Base
ITA | Sardinia: Poligono Militare NATO
Wikipedia: n/a
JOR | Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, Al Azraq
SYR | Material-Technical Support Point, Tartus
PAK | Shamsi Airfield, Washuk / Balochistan
Wikipedia EN: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamsi_Airfield
DE: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luftwaffenst%C3%BCtzpunkt_Shamsi
Update: https://asiatimes.com/2021/09/us-troops-lingering-in-pakistan-ring-alarm-bells/
“Shamsi airbase was exclusively used to conduct drone operations in northwest Pakistan and housed several US military personnel. Blackwater employees were also involved in these operations. The CIA and US Air Force jointly developed the airfield, which the US was forced to leave in 2011.“
LTU | Rukla: Gaižiūnų poligonas
Info about the Publication of VisualBases
Database and visualisation tool of foreign military bases now available
From the “Stop Ramstein Air Base” campaign, a new visualisation tool for global military bases is now available at the address https://visualbases.org. VisualBases contains an extensive database with currently already more than 300 military locations and regional military “hot spots” which are continuously updated. A special role is played by the identification of local resistance.
Integrated in each case are web links to map representations in OpenStreetMap with markings of military sites, as well as the geo-coordinates for satellite images. In parallel, global and regional overviews as well as individual projections and historical images of military installations can be called up in Google Earth. These can also be used as screen copies for documentations and presentations in compliance with the copyright rules of Google and OpenStreetMap. In addition, about 100 map and satellite image representations are already directly integrated in the database. Where available links to Wikipedia articles are included.
The publication of this tool by the Ramstein Campaign is both a service for the international peace movement and a platform for the “Congress against Foreign Military Bases”, which has been taking place since 2017 as part of the Ramstein Campaign’s annual Days of Action and will be held for the fifth time (in Kaiserslautern) on 8 and 9 July.
As examples of individual pages, please refer to the following links:
A joint statement by Dave Webb (UK CND) and Karl-Heinz Peil (Stop Ramstein Air Base) said:
VisualBases is a useful tool in the struggle against foreign military bases – the basis of power projection exhibited by a few highly militarised states. In particular, it clearly demonstrates the extent of the US network of bases that forms the backbone of plans for military dominance and the concept of endless wars.
VisualBases helps initiatives, campaigns and organizations to get a better understanding of the purpose of the bases and to help create presentations and documents on the issues involved.
For questions: Karl-Heinz Peil, mobil +49 162 3447196, info@visualbases.org
