Another American guided missile destroyer is stationed in Rota, Spain. This further increases the importance of the location. The US Navy is increasing its permanent stationing presence in Europe from the current four to six Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers. Washington and Madrid already agreed in the summer of 2022 on the fundamental reinforcement of the...

Spain - The transport ship MARTIN POSADILLO (75 m, 2200 t), built in northern Spain in 1973 as a civilian ship for internal Spanish island traffic, bought by the Spanish army in 1990 and operated by the Armada since the turn of the millennium, was to come to an honourable end after almost 50 years at sea under its keel....

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