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Diego Garcia Buildup: Is America Preparing to Attack Iran?
The B-2 buildup in Diego Garcia is about more than just rolling back the Houthi threat. Washington is likely readying to strike deep—and hard—against Iranian targets.
More than just sand and stealth bombers, 43 years ago a SURFER dispatch from Diego Garcia proved the island is holding some ...
Washington is bolstering its military presence at Diego Garcia amid rising tensions with Iran and ongoing strikes on Yemen's ...
Aviation enthusiasts have monitored at least two flights of multiple B-2 Spirit bombers transiting from Whiteman AFB to the ...
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B-2 Bombers Land at Diego Garcia
The arrival of C-17s and KC-135s to Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean is raising eyebrows as a possible attack pointed towards ...
An Associated Press review finds a new American airstrike campaign against Yemen’s Houthi rebels appears more intense and ...
Diego Garcia has long served as a launchpad for US military operations, from the Gulf War to the Iraq invasion. With stealth capabilities, long-range precision strikes, and first-strike potential, ...
Iran's Parliament Speaker, Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf, warned that U.S. military bases and allies in the region would be targeted if the U.S. launched attacks on Iran. His statement follows deadly U.S.
Britain took the island from France during the Napoleonic wars and used it to track Japan’s navy during World War II. The US presence at Diego Garcia dates back to the 1960s, when India ...
the US enquired about setting up a multi-functional military facility on Diego Garcia – air, naval, surveillance and intelligence. The British readily agreed, and told the putative Mauritian ...
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The U.K. government announced in October that it intends to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius — though Britain would retain control of Diego Garcia, the largest island where the military base ...