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  • Thursday, February 26th 2015 - 23:21 UTC

    Gibraltar's vital role for the US Navy's operations is underlined

     ”The US cannot dock nuclear powered submarines in Spain making access to Gibraltar’s Z berths vital,” according to the Heritage Foundation report

    Gibraltar plays a ‘vital’ role for the US Navy’s submarine operations at a time of increased Russian naval activity, a US think tank said. The Heritage Foundation made the statement in its Index of US Military Strength 2015, a wide-ranging annual research project that assesses the ability of the United States Armed Forces.