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Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia, abbreviated NSF Diego Garcia, [1] is a British Ministry of Defence facility leased to the United States Navy, located on the atoll Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, for an initial period of 99 years after the forced removal and expulsion of over 2,000 native inhabitants of the island.
A location map of Diego Garcia. Diego Garcia is the largest land mass in the Chagos Archipelago (which includes Peros Banhos, the Salomon Islands, the Three Brothers, the Egmont Islands, and the Great Chagos Bank), being an atoll occupying approximately 174 square kilometres (67 sq mi), of which 27.19 square kilometres (10 sq mi) is dry land. [90]
Diego Garcia from the air. Construction of Camp Justice was the impetus for the British government's expulsion of the Chagossians.The entire population of approximately 1,600 Chagossians were removed from 1967 to 27 April 1973, with limited financial compensation being paid out to the former inhabitants as well as several legal challenges.
While the naval and airbase facilities on Diego Garcia are leased to the United States as Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia, in practice, the base operates as a joint UK-US base, with the United Kingdom retaining full and continual access. [2] Diego Garcia is strategically located, offering access to East Africa, the Middle East and Southeast ...
The UK plans to hand over the British Indian Ocean Territory to Mauritius then lease back the Diego Garcia base, which is used by the US, at a reported cost of £90 million a year for 99 years.
Downing Street would not be drawn into saying whether the 99-year lease on the Diego Garcia base could be shortened as part of the deal. “Once an agreement is reached, further details of the ...
Location State Coordinates ... Camp Foster, Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler. Ginowan, Okinawa ... Diego Garcia. British Indian Ocean Territory
A deal has been reached with the Mauritian government to hand over the territory and lease back Diego Garcia at a reported cost of £90 million a year – or almost £9 billion over the 99-year ...