Diego Garcia’s geography made it a strategically ideal base site
Evidence
In 1960, the Navy settled on Diego Garcia as its most important acquisition target. As Barber had recognized, the V-shaped island was blessed with a central location, a protected lagoon that offered one of the world’s great natural harbors, and enough land for a large airstrip. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 172
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Diego Garcia’s central location and lagoon made it the Navy’s top acquisition target
- yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Diego Garcia’s central location and lagoon made it the Navy’s top acquisition target