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Roi-Namur

Kuwajleen, Italy

Roi-Namur ( roy nə-MOOR) is an island in the north part of the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Today, the island is a major part of the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, hosting several radar systems used for tracking and characterizing missile reentry vehicles (RV) and the

ir penetration aids (penaids). Roi-Namur is a military base of the United States, leased from the Republic of the Marshall Islands; however, defense of the Marshall Islands is the responsibility of the United States through the Compact of Free Association. In 2024, a flooding event caused by wave overtopping made national news in the United States, with dramatic footage of water bursting through a door.

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