Satellite Images Show US Nuclear Base Diego Garcia
Business Insider • • world
Key Points:
- Former President Donald Trump criticized the UK's decision to transfer sovereignty of the Diego Garcia islands to Mauritius, calling it "an act of great stupidity" and warning it signals weakness to rivals like Russia and China.
- Diego Garcia hosts a vital US-UK military base that plays a strategic role in power projection across the Indo-Pacific, Middle East, and parts of Africa, supporting long-range bomber missions and naval operations.
- The UK plans to lease Diego Garcia to the US for 99 years under the sovereignty transfer deal, which was previously praised by the Trump administration and approved by intelligence agencies from the Five Eyes alliance.
- The base has been critical for US military operations since the 1970s, including launching attacks in Afghanistan and Iraq,
