US EditionLimited Use of Diego Garcia Reflects Its Diminished Value After Handover
- On June 21, 2025, the US military conducted airstrikes on Iran's nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan, following confirmed planning days earlier.
- These strikes followed escalating regional tensions, including a January 2024 Iranian-backed drone attack that killed three US soldiers at Tower 22 in Jordan.
- The US maintains over 40,000 troops at multiple major bases across the Middle East, such as Camp Arifjan in Kuwait and naval headquarters in Bahrain, which may be vulnerable to Iranian retaliation.
- Iran responded with warnings of "severe consequences," including editorials urging strikes on the US naval fleet in Bahrain and closure of the Strait of Hormuz to Western ships.
- These developments increased the risk of Iranian reprisals against US forces while US leadership prioritized troop safety and minimized Diego Garcia’s role to avoid operational and legal issues.
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Limited Use of Diego Garcia Reflects its Diminished Value After Handover
Both before and after the devastating US attack on Iranian nuclear enrichment sites at Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan, US deployments of aircraft to the Naval Support Base airfield on Diego Garcia are illustrating the flaws in the agreement which the United Kingdom and Mauritius agreed on May 22, following the US administration’s support for the deal. The agreement hands formal sovereignty of the archipelago, which has been owned by the United Kingd…
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