• palal@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Why did India have a military base in the Maldives in the first place?

    • DominusOfMegadeus
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      1 year ago

      I would guess for similar reasons that the United States has military bases all over the fucking place.

      • grue@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        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.)