Long having a base at Souda Bay on Crete, the U.S. Navy hopes to have another, at the northern port city of Alexandroupoli, near Turkey’s border, an American military buildup drawing the ire of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Senior US military officials have proposed further deepening and expanding the port with a view to hosting and supplying US Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers that also have expanded electronic warfare capabilities.
The plan, said…