Over 750 Military Bases Across 80 Countries: How US Military Overshadows China In Projecting Power Overseas

The withdrawal of the remaining US military personnel from the Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul on August 31, 2021, officially marked the end of a two-decade-long American military intervention in Afghanistan. [20 Years Ahead Of Schedule, Why 'Mighty' Eurofighter Typhoons Are Being Retired By The Royal Air Force?] The Pentagon recorded that 800,000 American troops had served in its "war on terror" in Afghanistan. At the peak of US military operations in 2011, there were 100,000 American soldiers operating from 10 military bases, spanning from the Bagram airbase to Kandahar. With the American strategic focus now being shifted towards the…