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Miller said the administration can rely on regional allies and partners for staging grounds, but Washington would need to ask for basing permission and overflight permissions, something the presence of an aircraft carrier in international waters would sidestep.
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Filip Timotija, The Hill, 16 Jan. 2026
In December 2014 Oleg Ostapenko, then head of Roscosmos, said the agency was considering a high-latitude station that would allow observation of most of Russia’s territory and could potentially serve as a staging ground for future lunar missions.
—Ilya Ferapontov, Scientific American, 29 Dec. 2025
Protesters gathered outside of Coast Guard Island in Alameda in October after news broke that federal agents were planning to use the site as a staging ground for immigration operations.
—Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 20 Dec. 2025
Almost all the world’s coca, the raw material for the drug, is produced in three Latin American countries—Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru—and virtually every other country in the region is a staging ground for smuggling and, increasingly, is a consumer market in its own right.
—Brian Winter, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
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Filip Timotija, The Hill, 16 Jan. 2026
In December 2014 Oleg Ostapenko, then head of Roscosmos, said the agency was considering a high-latitude station that would allow observation of most of Russia’s territory and could potentially serve as a staging ground for future lunar missions.
—Ilya Ferapontov, Scientific American, 29 Dec. 2025
Protesters gathered outside of Coast Guard Island in Alameda in October after news broke that federal agents were planning to use the site as a staging ground for immigration operations.
—Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 20 Dec. 2025
Almost all the world’s coca, the raw material for the drug, is produced in three Latin American countries—Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru—and virtually every other country in the region is a staging ground for smuggling and, increasingly, is a consumer market in its own right.
—Brian Winter, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
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“Staging ground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/staging%20ground. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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