The pentagon possess more land in the United States than South Carolina

[IChing]

From the article


Planet Pentagon: How the Department of Defense Came to Own the Earth, Seas and Skies
By Nick Turse, Tomdispatch.com. Posted July 13, 2007.

The Pentagon's holdings include more than 120,000 square kilometers of land, and has trillions in assets and liabilities. How did a government agency get such an enormous appetite?

In 2003, Forbes magazine revealed that media mogul Ted Turner was America's top land baron --
with a total of 1.8 million acres across the U.S. The nation's ten largest landowners,
Forbes reported, "own 10.6 million acres, or one out of every 217 acres in the country.

" Impressive as this total was, the Pentagon puts Turner and the entire pack of mega-landlords
to shame with over 29 million acres in U.S. landholdings. >>>>snip

http://www.alternet.org/story/56633
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29,000,000 acres = 45 312.5 square mile

http://www.onlineconversion.com/area.htm
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Land area of South Carolina: 30,109 sq mi.

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108268.html

[shance]

1. How does the Pentagon own land?

n/t

[IChing]

3. Try to go on that land as a citizen

Possess is probable a better word which I will change in the title.

[BrotherBuzz]

5. Control might be the best word

Interesting, most of the military real estate in my area has reverted back to the public. It's been divided up in a number of ways; some National Recreation areas, some State control, local municipalities, and even private institutes.

[Captain Hilts]

2. They can have South Carolina too. nt

[Bluebear]

4. ...

:spray:

SO wrong.

[Captain Hilts]

6. Hey! I had the misfortune to live there.....nth