Rotation in Rota
After a two-week voyage, the USS Arleigh Burke arrived in her new home port of Rota on 11 April. At the end of March, she left her previous home in Norfolk for the last time for the next few years. On her way to Europe, the destroyer took part in a number of sub-hunting manoeuvres with her sister ship USS Roosevelt, the attack submarine USS Vermont and a P-8A. The Arleigh Burke is now an important part of the US European Phased Adaptive Approach (EPAA) and thus serves to protect Europe from ballistic missiles of all ranges. It is also intended to ensure freedom of navigation in the waters around Europe and...
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