Re: Diego Garcia?

From: Per Nordenberg (per.nordenberg_at_swipnet.se)
Date: 12/29/04 

To: sci-military-moderated@moderators.isc.org
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 10:25:20 GMT

"JWMeritt" <jwmeritt@aol.com> skrev i meddelandet
news:20041228193404.15947.00002829@mb-m02.aol.com...
> Does anyone have information concerning the (military base) Diego Garcia in the
> Indian Ocean? It is at a range akin to that of Thailand from the 'quake
> epicenter and is a straight shot across water. I recall that as being a small
> & low island, of which I have not heard of the TV yet.

Diego Garcia seems to have been largely unaffected by the tsunami (possibly some damage to buildings
and piers), most probably due to the
special underwater topography surrounding the island. It's not an atoll, but a sea mount of volcanic
origin. Average height above sea level is about 4 ft.

There's an ongoing discussion at airliners.net about possible damage at Diego Garcia:

http://www.airliners.net/discussions/general_aviation/read.main/1878835/

There is also a discussion at sci.military.naval about Diego Garcia:

http://groups.google.se/groups?hl=sv&lr=&threadm=b0oAd.43018%24uM5.8312%40bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3Dsv%26lr%3D%26group%3Dsci.military.naval

Regards,

Per Nordenberg