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Perhaps we should focus on military bases. Analyzing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_bases http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unit
by akkartik 16y ago
Perhaps we should focus on military bases. Analyzing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_bases http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_..., there seem to be US military bases in 29 countries/territories:
Afghanistan,
Australia,
Bahrain,
Brazil,
Bulgaria,
Cuba,
Diego Garcia,
Germany,
Greece,
Greenland,
Guam,
Iraq,
Israel,
Italy,
Japan,
Kosovo/Serbia,
Kuwait,
Kyrgyzstan,
Phillipines,
Portugal,
Qatar,
Saudi Arabia,
Singapore,
South Korea,
Spain,
Taiwan,
The Netherlands,
Turkey,
United Kingdom
Air force:
Afghanistan,
Australia,
Bulgaria,
Germany,
Greenland,
Guam,
Italy,
Japan,
Qatar,
Saudi Arabia,
Singapore,
South Korea,
Kyrgyzstan,
Taiwan,
The Netherlands,
Philippines,
Portugal,
Spain,
Turkey,
United Kingdom,
Army:
Bulgaria,
Germany,
Iraq,
Italy,
Japan,
Kuwait,
Kosovo/Serbia,
South Korea,
Israel
Marines:
Afghanistan,
Germany,
Japan,
Kuwait
Navy:
Diego Garcia,
Brazil,
Cuba,
Spain,
Japan,
Guam,
Bahrain,
Italy,
Greece,
South Korea
- Semiapies 16y agoOr just the number of countries that have more than 100 or 1000 personnel, which the prior Wikipedia article had a map of.
- akkartik 16y agoI considered that, but that map is from 2007 and doesn't have a source, so that distinction risks sounding more certain than it is. Troop movements are more fluid once a base is in place. 20 or 30, the number of countries isn't 150. Which was the main point.
- Semiapies 16y agoPlease keep in mind that I'm not disagreeing with you, just noting that alternate information comes to a similar answer ("far fewer than 150").