Diego Garcia Flashpoint Signals New Security Risks for India in Its Maritime Backyard
✍️ Written by Saket Suman Iran on Saturday allegedly launched missiles toward Diego Garcia, a remote island in the Indian Ocean that hosts a major U.K.–U.S. military base, in what Britain described as “reckless attacks,” though the strike was unsuccessful and it remains unclear how the missiles came close to the base located roughly 4,000 kilometers from Iran. Later an unnamed Iranian Official denied that Iran had fired those missiles bt this has opened the pandora's box for India, let's understand how. File Photo of Diego Garcia, a U.S.-UK base in the Indian Ocean; Via: E u ropa on X The incident came just as the United Kingdom has expanded permissions for the United States to use its bases, including Diego Garcia, for “ specific and limited defensive operations ” targeting Iranian missile capabilities linked to attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, even as Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned that British Prime Minist...
