Radio Marina Insignia, Asmara Eritrea
The US had a radio relay station, Radio Marina (later Kagnew Station), a captured Italian facility, on the outskirts of Asmara, at 7,000 feet above sea level. It employed many American
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The US had a radio relay station, Radio Marina (later Kagnew Station), a captured Italian facility, on the outskirts of Asmara, at 7,000 feet above sea level. It employed many American
Since 1943 the Army and Navy operated a telecommunications facility in Asmara, Ethiopia, called Kagnew Station. In 1973, the Army ceased operations at Kagnew, but the Station remained a major
A 25-year lease is signed between the governments of the United States and Ethiopia to establish a military communications base at Kagnew Station in Asmara.
British forces had established a communications base at the former Italian radio communications base named called Radio Marina, which was located in Asmara, Eritrea.
Kagnew Station is a United States military radio receiving and transmitting facility located since 1942 at Asmara on the Ethiopian highlands.
The heart of Kagnew Station was its advanced communication facilities. The base was equipped with state-of-the-art technology for radio transmission and interception.
A 25-year lease is signed between the governments of the United States and Ethiopia to establish a military communications base at Kagnew Station in Asmara.
The station used three steel towers as antennas which remained intact (with the exception of one whose top was sheared off by an Italian plane during the war) until 1957. Even under American occupation,
Military authorities say the center''s purpose is to relay military and diplomatic communications. It is one of three global communications points for presidential trips.
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