The military base at Diego Garcia, the so-called "Footprint of Freedom," is a seventeen-square mile atoll of the Chagos Island chain in the Indian Ocean. It is one of the most important and secretive ...

If Britain wants to remain a reliable partner in our security alliance, it must be willing to defend its sovereignty. As much ...

The island hosts an American super-strategic airbase (meaning it easily handles heavy bombers and air tankers that can refuel ...

Diego Garcia (Google Maps) The base is a difficult target for foreign attack, which is crucial, considering escalating tensions between the United States and China over Taiwan. In the event of war ...

Due to its location in the very center of the Indian Ocean, Diego Garcia functions as a critical logistics hub for both the United States as well as the United Kingdom which currently holds the ...