[robowombat]

An island that is so small that basing a large heavy bomber would seem nearly impossible even with the substantial expansion of the runways and taxiways of the airport. The current airport has no regular staffing, is for light aircraft and its one runway is 9700 ft long. the Tu 160 is 177 ft long and has a wingspan (when fully extended I presume) of 183 ft. Also this islet is completely flat and in periods of storm is partially or completely water covered. All structures on the island, which are lightweight are elevated. This sounds like hokum although the President should state now any new basing of foreign troops in the Caribbean is a violation of the Monroe Doctrine and will not be tolerated.

[familyop]

About ten years ago, Russian engineers chose the Venezuelan island of La Orchila as a site for their Russian naval base. Elevations run up to 456 feet. Looks like a pretty place with good ground for a big project.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/La_orchila.JPG

[familyop]

La Orchila Airport runway is 10,499 feet long, but the Russians will probably build their naval base separately. I wonder if some Floridians from New York will get some of the building contracts to help the Russians nuke Florida in the near future.

https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=13/11.8071/-66.1413

Looks like shallow bedrock with sand over it. The Russian military will be happy with this.

Isla La Orchila - Venezuela - La Orchila island, Venezuela
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTW—h0H_84