The World's 18 Strangest Military Bases

The world's military bases run the gamut from hazardous mountaintop forts to seemingly impenetrable underground bunkers. Then there are bases on remote islands tracking objects in deep space and high-tech laboratories probing the most lethal microbes in existence. The design of a base needs to address the immediate needs of a military while still being versatile enough to remain useful as threats and technology evolve.


Thule Air Base
Qaasuitsup, Greenland

Dugway Proving Ground
Great Salt Lake Desert, Utah

Navy Support Facility Diego Garcia
Diego Garcia BIOT, Chagos Archipelago

HAARP Research Station
Gakona, Alaska:

Forward Logistics Base
Siachen Glacier, Kashmir

Cheyenne Mountain Complex
Cheyenne Mountain Complex Air Force Station, Colo

Devil's Tower Camp
Gibraltar:

Joint Defence Space Research Facility Pine Gap
Lingiari, Australia

U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
Fort Detrick, Md

Naval Air Station Jacksonville
Jacksonville, Fla

Raven Rock Mountain Complex
Adams Country, Penn

TDAs
Iraq and Afghanistan

Edwards Air Force Base
Edwards, California

Lajes Field
Azores, Portugal

Nellis Air Force Base
Nellis AFB, Nevada

Anniston Chemical Agent Disposal Facility
Anniston Army Depot, Alabama

Defence Training Estate Salisbury Plain
Wiltshire, England

Naval Submarine Base
Kings Bay, Georgia

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