Nunes Wanted To Move New American Military Base From UK To Azores. Russia Would Like That: [View all]

That’s an option Nunes has called on the Pentagon to consider, because he says it’ll be cheaper in the long run. But the Pentagon study found that moving the intelligence center to the Azores base, called Lajes Field, would actually cost $1.4 billion, as opposed to the $817 million it says Nunes claims.

Alternatively, the cost of building the facility at the Croughton air base in the U.K., the Pentagon’s recommended location, is only $356 million, the study found. It also concluded that Nunes had underestimated the recurring annual costs of the Azores option by $11 million.

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