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Diego Garcia, coral island, 11 sq mi (28 sq km). Indian Ocean, largest island of the Chagos Archipelago, SW of Sri Lanka. Part of the British Indian Ocean Territory British Indian Ocean Territory, archipelago, c.1,180 mi (1,900 km), NE of Mauritius, in the central Indian Ocean. The islands, which form the Chagos Archipelago and are located on the southern end of a chain of sea mounts that also includes Lakshadweep and the ..... Click the link for more information. , the island was leased (1970) to the United States and later developed as a joint U.S.-British naval base to guard the Persian Gulf oil routes and to counter increased Soviet military activities in S Asia and Africa. Some 3,000 islanders were removed to Mauritius and the Seychelles in the late 1960s prior to the construction of the naval base. |
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Through its work at the base, MCS has tackled jobs as far away as Diego Garcia, a British territory in the Indian Ocean. Aircrews flew their first missions out of Utapao on 28 December and from Diego Garcia on 30 December. Two portable shelters for the batwing bombers have been erected on the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. |
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