Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year 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 · 1 year agomessage-square4fedilinkcross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
minus-squarepalallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoWhy did India have a military base in the Maldives in the first place?
minus-squareDominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoI would guess for similar reasons that the United States has military bases all over the fucking place.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 year 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.)