Is there military on the Marshall Islands?


Is there military on the Marshall Islands? The RMI hosts the U.S. Army Garrison Kwajalein Atoll, including the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, a key component of the U.S. missile defense network. The United States carried out 67 nuclear tests in what is now the northern Marshall Islands between 1946 and 1958.


Can you live on the Marshall Islands?

Twenty-four of the atolls and islands are inhabited. The remaining atolls are uninhabited due to poor living conditions, lack of rain, or nuclear contamination.