About Marshall Islands

Lagoon-facing shoreline of Sibylla Island, Taongi Atoll.
Source: Wikipedia.org.

After almost four decades under US administration as the easternmost part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Marshall Islands attained independence in 1986 under a Compact of Free Association. Compensation claims continue as a result of US nuclear testing on some of the atolls between 1947 and 1962. The Marshall Islands hosts the US Army Kwajalein Atoll (USAKA) Reagan Missile Test Site, a key installation in the US missile defense network.

Source: www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/rm.html

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