Satellites reveal America's secret, shrinking, and expanding military bases

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Using satellite imagery and archive footage, we mapped out America's global military footprint.

We explore why new bases are being built while others are being left to rot, taking a firsthand look at the US's largest overseas base, which is in Southern Germany.

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