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China also has suspected listening posts on the island.
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Michael Crowley Eric Schmitt Renaud Philippe Bret Stephens, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2026
The bases also feature a mountaintop listening post to monitor communications in the Middle East and beyond.
—ABC News, 24 Mar. 2026
Decades of tense relations between Iran and the US
Iran was once one of the U.S.’s top allies in the Mideast under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who purchased American military weapons and allowed CIA technicians to run secret listening posts monitoring the neighboring Soviet Union.
—Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
As part of a 1951 agreement, the U.S. already has wide scope to establish bases on Greenland, a key listening post during the Cold War from which Washington could look out for Soviet missiles.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 22 Jan. 2026
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Michael Crowley Eric Schmitt Renaud Philippe Bret Stephens, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2026
The bases also feature a mountaintop listening post to monitor communications in the Middle East and beyond.
—ABC News, 24 Mar. 2026
Decades of tense relations between Iran and the US
Iran was once one of the U.S.’s top allies in the Mideast under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who purchased American military weapons and allowed CIA technicians to run secret listening posts monitoring the neighboring Soviet Union.
—Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
As part of a 1951 agreement, the U.S. already has wide scope to establish bases on Greenland, a key listening post during the Cold War from which Washington could look out for Soviet missiles.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 22 Jan. 2026
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“Listening post.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/listening%20post. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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