US To Convert Pacific Oil Rigs Into Military Bases
by Zero Hedge
Zero Hedge— US To Convert Pacific Oil Rigs Into Military Bases Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, The US Navy will convert surplus oil rigs in the western Pacific into mobile military bases as part of the US military buildup aimed at China, The Defense Post reported on Tuesday. The naval engineering firm Gibbs & Cox developed the concept, known as the Mobile Defense/Depot Platform (MODEP), and presented it earlier this month at the Sea Air Space Expo. The idea is to convert oil rigs...
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