On November 28, 2025, Trinidad and Tobago’s prime minister confirmed that United States Marines are in Tobago installing a new radar system at ANR Robinson International Airport, after previously denying that any U.S. troops remained in the country, as reported by the Trinidad and Tobago Guardian. The government presents the project as an upgrade of airport infrastructure and national surveillance capabilities against narcotics traffickers operating in the waters around the twin-island state. At the same time, open-source imagery and flight-tracking strongly suggest that the radar involved is the U.S. Marine Corps’ AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR), a multi-mission air and missile surveillance system. In a context of stepped-up U.S. counter-drug operations and a visible military build-up across the Caribbean, including new access agreements with the Dominican Republic, this deployment is already being read in the region as having implications that go well beyond the fight against narcotics. Read Full Defense News At This Link.
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