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From: eos!woody@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Wayne Wood)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Diego Garcia
Message-ID: <1990Aug14.033842.9060@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 14 Aug 90 03:38:42 GMT
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From: eos!woody@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Wayne Wood)

In article <1990Aug9.015845.8381@cbnews.att.com> DAN.S.SULLIVAN@OFFICE.WANG.COM (Dan Sullivan) writes:

>  I am confused. I thought Diego Garcia was a very small base that was
>used as a listening post.  What exactly is Diego Garcia?
>thanks, in advance

diego garcia is a festering pimple on God's ass out in the middle of
the indian ocean (read that as nowhere).

i believe it was originally a british fueling stop prior to and during
WWII.  i think we came into possession of it through the brits during
WWII, probably as payment for lend-lease.

originally it was nothing more than an airfield, and i believe  a
listening post aimed at china.

after the iranian 'rescue' attempt the powers-that-be 'discovered'
just how weak we were in the IO, so they beefed up the airfield on
diego garcia and also added warehouses, fuel/ammo storage facilities
for use as part of the global pre-positioned equipment planning.

diego garcia gets regular visits from the pacific fleet as they send
task forces over to loiter around on gonzo station (the persian gulf).


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