Lee Duna to World [email protected]English • 7 months agoMaldives new president asks India to withdraw its militarywww.reuters.commessage-square4arrow-up147arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up147arrow-down1external-linkMaldives new president asks India to withdraw its militarywww.reuters.comLee Duna to World [email protected]English • 7 months agomessage-square4cross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•7 months agoWhy did India have a military base in the Maldives in the first place?
minus-squareDominusOfMegadeuslinkfedilinkEnglish8•7 months agoI would guess for similar reasons that the United States has military bases all over the fucking place.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•edit-27 months agoIncluding a major one at Diego Garcia, not too far south of the Maldives. (Way bigger than the 75 personnel the article says India has stationed in the Maldives, by the way.)
Why did India have a military base in the Maldives in the first place?
I would guess for similar reasons that the United States has military bases all over the fucking place.
Including a major one at Diego Garcia, not too far south of the Maldives.
(Way bigger than the 75 personnel the article says India has stationed in the Maldives, by the way.)