On Point: Diego Garcia: The American Nowhere Vexing China And Iran
by Austin Bay
February 12, 2025
The island is named Diego Garcia, the biggest little island in the Indian Ocean's isolated Chagos Archipelago.
Never heard of it? Consult the map -- it's south of India and kinda sorta between Indonesia (Java) and East Africa (Tanzania).
Nowhere? Recall the real estate agent's lingo for valuable acreage: Location, Location, Location.
In our world of satellites, ICBMs, nuclear subs, long-range strategic bombers, linked radars, cyber systems, electronic relays and wars in Southwest, Central and South Asia. In our world of threatened sea lanes, not just the Red Sea but Indian Ocean connections to the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans -- Diego Garcia's betwixt and between position is pure geo-strategic gold, platinum, West Texas Sweet and Saudi Light (premium oil grades) combined.
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