King Khalid Military City

King Khalid Military City
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King Khalid Military City (abgekürzt KKMC; arabisch ‏مدينة الملك خالد العسكرية‎, DMG Madīnat al-Malik Ḫālid al-ʿAskarīya) ist eine Militärstadt in Saudi-Arabien.

Die Planung der Stadt begann 1974, der Abschluss des Baus erfolgte im Jahre 1987. Im November 1984 beschlossen die Staatsoberhäupter der Golf-Kooperationsrat (GKR) die Bildung einer schnellen Einsatztruppe „Peninsula Shield“ (Dara′ Al-Jazirah). Diese Truppe wurde aus Truppenteilen aller Mitgliedsstaaten gebildet. Sie besteht aus ca. 10.000 Soldaten und ist in King Khalid Military City stationiert.

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