Senior U.S. military officials have called for the revival of a remote base in Alaska to monitor Russian and Chinese ambitions in the region.

Adak Island, a former naval air facility (NAF) in the Aleutian Islands chain, is located approximately 1,200 miles southwest of Anchorage, Alaska. It also sits halfway between mainland Alaska and Russia.

Adak is the southernmost town in America’s northernmost state and the westernmost municipality in the U.S.

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