Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoMaldives new president asks India to withdraw its militarywww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down10cross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
arrow-up143arrow-down1external-linkMaldives new president asks India to withdraw its militarywww.reuters.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square4fedilinkcross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
minus-squarepalallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·7 months agoWhy did India have a military base in the Maldives in the first place?
minus-squareDominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 months agoI would guess for similar reasons that the United States has military bases all over the fucking place.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·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.)