!!!Marshall Islands %%image_right [{GoogleMap location='Marshall Islands' type='embedded' zoom='bounds' width='450' height='350'}] %% [{Image src='rm-lgflag.gif' class='image_left' height='150' width='226'}] After almost four decades under US administration as the easternmost part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Marshall Islands attained independence in 1986 under a Compact of Free Association. Compensation claims continue as a result of US nuclear testing on some of the atolls between 1947 and 1962. The Marshall Islands hosts the US Army Kwajalein Atoll (USAKA) Reagan Missile Test Site, a key installation in the US missile defense network. %%menu-geo %%cols-r * %%icon-geo,geo %% [Geography|Geography/Australia/Marshall_Islands/Geography] * %%icon-geo,maps %% [Maps|Geography/Australia/Marshall_Islands/Maps] * %%icon-geo,culture %% [Culture|Geography/Australia/Marshall_Islands/Culture] ---- * %%icon-geo,special %% [Special Information|Geography/Australia/Marshall_Islands/Special_Information] * %%icon-geo,picture %% [Pictures|Geography/Australia/Marshall_Islands/Pictures] * %%icon-geo,community %% [Community Contributions|Geography/Australia/Marshall_Islands/Community_Contributions] %% %% [{Metadata Suchbegriff='Marshallinseln'}]