Turkey Begins Building Rocket-Launching Facility in Somalia

Turkey is building a facility to launch rockets from Somalia, the Horn of Africa nation’s president said, boosting Ankara’s long-range rocket testing program.

The project will help generate jobs and revenue for the nation, Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said at an event in Mogadishu. Somalia’s location on the eastern tip of mainland Africa is ideal for firing toward the Indian Ocean without the risk of debris falling into residential areas and other countries, Bloomberg reported in September.