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In response to "I have never heard of a small military base. -- nm" by Spawn

I live near a kind-of small one, but it's a naval shipyard mostly. And on the other side of the harbour, there's a bigger one. -- nm

Posted by Beryllium (aka grayman) Sep 6 '14, 22:15

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Hell, I live in Indiana and we have a naval base here that is 100 square miles. -- nm - Spawn Sep 6, 22:24 10
- Fort McNair is 28 acres. -- nm - loosi at home Sep 7, 00:28
- Weapons Station? Like China Lake. -- nm - Meg Sep 6, 22:32 4
  - Crane. They are... kind of a big deal. -- (link) - Spawn Sep 6, 22:36
  - The 19,600 square miles (51,000 km2) of restricted and controlled airspace at China Lake makes up 12 percent of California’s total airspace. -- (link) - Meg Sep 6, 22:35 2
    - how much air space does area 51 take? -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 6, 23:33 1
      - Difficult to say. Since it's a piece broken off from the Nevada Test Site and wedged into Nellis Air Force Range, I'd say "most of Nevada". -- nm - Mop Sep 6, 23:49
- but that just makes sense - Beryllium Sep 6, 22:25 3
  - We are... rather far from water. -- nm - Spawn Sep 6, 22:30 2
    - Yes, I understand that. This way, the base is safe from a naval attack. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 6, 22:30 1
      - .. or in case the water decides to attack. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 6, 22:31
Yep, it all depends on the branch of service and type of base. In contrast to the desert bases I live just down the - Meg Sep 6, 22:22 2
- And I'm sure the base on Alameda is kinda small -- nm - Beryllium Sep 6, 22:22 1
  - Fort McNair in DC is 28 acres. -- nm - loosi at home Sep 7, 00:29
... which all gets counted together as 41 square kilometers. LOL. So much for being small. -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 6, 22:20 [Image]

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