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

By World Tribune on September 3, 2013   BB Backgrounder, China, Exclusives, India, Intel Brief, Mideast, NE Asia, Stateside, Top Stories, U.S. Military  

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. The Calcutta-based newspaper The Telegraph reported on Aug. 21 that a U.S. Air Force […]