{"id":517,"date":"2025-03-27T22:38:50","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T22:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/?p=517"},"modified":"2025-03-27T22:39:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T22:39:22","slug":"diego-garcia-an-island-in-the-middle-of-the-indian-ocean-which-houses-our-bombers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/diego-garcia-an-island-in-the-middle-of-the-indian-ocean-which-houses-our-bombers\/","title":{"rendered":"DIEGO GARCIA, AN ISLAND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INDIAN OCEAN WHICH HOUSES OUR BOMBERS"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"ArticleFull_header__z0vIZ\">\n<h1 class=\"ArticleFull_title__FDrpw\" data-attribute-guid=\"\">Satellite Imagery Confirms Stealth Bomber Buildup At America&#8217;s &#8220;Unsinkable Carrier&#8221;<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"NodeContent_mainContent__2jyAd\">\n<div class=\"NodeContent_body__HBEFs NodeBody_container__eeFKv\">\n<p>At the start of the week, multiple open-source intelligence accounts on X reported that U.S. stealth bombers were deployed to a strategic island in the Indian Ocean\u2014often referred to as Washington&#8217;s &#8220;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/military\/stealth-bombers-reportedly-deploying-americas-unsinkable-carrier\">unsinkable aircraft carrier<\/a><\/strong>&#8220;\u2014located between Africa and Indonesia, about 1,000 miles south of India.<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward to Wednesday: new Planet Labs satellite imagery, posted on X by the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IndoPacWatch\/status\/1904969486450434157\">Indo-Pacific Watch Center<\/a> (IPWC), shows <strong>&#8220;3 (or possibly 7) B-2 bombers and 9 KC-135s&#8221;<\/strong> at the U.S. military base on Diego Garcia\u2014strongly suggesting a force buildup aimed at projecting power in the region and keeping Tehran in check.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/Gm_L8lLXcAAc1Y3.jpg?itok=D1p8ISjx\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/Gm_L8lLXcAAc1Y3.jpg?itok=D1p8ISjx\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/Gm_L8lLXcAAc1Y3.jpg?itok=D1p8ISjx\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"185\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"b8a1d927-a09a-4ae2-9e77-6e05d19cfe41\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>Hardened shelters are essential for the security of US MIL assets. Strategic power display can work to deter enemies, but we must have adequate shelters, especially hardened shelters at Diego, Kadena, Andersen, etc,<\/strong>&#8221;\u00a0IPWC said, adding, &#8220;<strong>Our nation&#8217;s enemies have ISR, so stop using &#8220;show\/conceal&#8221; as the excuse to not protect aircraft from sun\/rain\/inbound PLARF warheads when the game begins. \u00a0Start building now. \u00a0Hey Anduril &#8211; can you pour concrete?<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"in-content-1\" class=\"in-content\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/21841313772,21778456762\/zerohedge\/in_content_1_1\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">Diego Garcia, March 25 2025. 3 (or possibly 7) B-2 Bombers &amp; 9 KC-135. Hardened shelters are essential for the security of US MIL assets. Strategic power display can work to deter enemies, but we must have adequate shelters, especially hardened shelters at Diego, Kadena,\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TccJxVXq2r\">pic.twitter.com\/TccJxVXq2r<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 IPWC (@IndoPacWatch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IndoPacWatch\/status\/1904969486450434157?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Most Americans have never heard of the\u00a0<strong>tiny 38-mile-long island<\/strong>, nor has any journalist been allowed access in over three decades. The island features a\u00a0<strong>runway long enough to accommodate B-52, B-1, and B-2 bombers and massive C-5M, C-17, and C-130 military cargo planes<\/strong>. The U.S. hosts upwards of 5,000 military personnel and civilian contractors on the secretive island, which is considered a\u00a0<strong>lynchpin of U.S. foreign policy<\/strong> in the Middle East and across the Indo-Pacific.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/or-42538.jpg?itok=pr4lhwvf\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/or-42538.jpg?itok=pr4lhwvf\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/or-42538.jpg?itok=pr4lhwvf\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"298\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"644acd8e-60b3-4e04-858e-6c23fcfaeaa7\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Counterpunch&#8217;s\u00a0Conn Hallinan\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2019-04-16\/diego-garcia-unsinkable-carrier-springs-leak\">noted<\/a> in 2019: &#8220;Diego Garcia is central to the U.S. war in Somalia, its air attacks in Iraq and Syria, and its control of the Persian Gulf,\u00a0<strong>and would be essential in any conflict with Iran<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2024-08-23_14-17-01%20copy.png?itok=EkJi5t3F\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2024-08-23_14-17-01%20copy.png?itok=EkJi5t3F\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/2024-08-23_14-17-01%20copy.png?itok=EkJi5t3F\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"567\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"d8aff18b-d201-4967-90b7-52d7f801ff4e\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile,\u00a0National Security Adviser Mike Waltz recently confirmed that\u00a0the Trump Administration demanded the\u00a0&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/white-house-demands-iran-give-entire-nuclear-program-including-civilian-enrichment\">full dismantlement<\/a>&#8221; of Iran&#8217;s nuclear program, including its capacity to enrich uranium for civilian use. Russia issued a statement rejecting U.S. demands, saying Tehran has the right to a peaceful nuclear program.<\/p>\n<div id=\"in-content-2\" class=\"in-content\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/21841313772,21778456762\/zerohedge\/in_content_2_1\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Tehran is starting to understand that multiple U.S. stealth bombers are now within striking distance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<footer class=\"NodeContent_footer__bF8l3\" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen2077925_23=\"127188\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen2077925_23=\"127189\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time2077925_23=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired2077925_23=\"1\"><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Satellite Imagery Confirms Stealth Bomber Buildup At America&#8217;s &#8220;Unsinkable Carrier&#8221; At the start of the week, multiple open-source intelligence accounts on X reported that U.S. stealth bombers were deployed to a strategic island in the Indian Ocean\u2014often referred to as Washington&#8217;s &#8220;unsinkable aircraft carrier&#8220;\u2014located between Africa and Indonesia, about 1,000 miles south of India. 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