Report of planned U.S. base in India excites locals, rattles Beijing

Special to WorldTribune.com

By Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com

Indian media and military forums are abuzz about various reports that the Pentagon is considering building a military base in India, with the ostensible purpose of checking China’s growing military threat in the region.

Gen. Herbert "Hawk" Carlisle.
Gen. Herbert “Hawk” Carlisle.

The Calcutta-based newspaper The Telegraph reported on Aug. 21 that a U.S. Air Force general who is a member of the U.S.-India military relations committee in the Pentagon has said that “Washington is preparing to station military aircraft in India as part of its ‘Asia Pivot’ and the city it is looking at to base its assets in the Kerala capital Thiruvandnthanpuram.”

The Indian defense officials, however, have denied there ever had been such discussions with the Pentagon.

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