Category Maldives

Chinese Warships Enter East Indian Ocean Amid Maldives Tensions

February 20, 2018 · by · in China, CIA, Department Of Defense, DIA, foreign policy, Intelligence Community, Japan, Maldives, military history, national security, Navy, Philippines, POTUS, South Korea, US Military · Leave a comment

As one of my blog followers noted:  “China recently leveraged its de facto takeover of the Maldives Islands government by a pro-Beijing politician (who immediately promulgated a decree permitting foreign nationals to own land in the Maldivies ONLY if they invested $1B or more (which China did with its take over of its ports; the […]

The ‘Secret’ Chinese Airstrip Emerging In Maldives

April 11, 2017 · by · in Air Force, China, CIA, Department Of Defense, DIA, espionage, spying, foreign policy, Intelligence Community, Japan, Malaysia, Maldives, military history, national security, Navy, Philippines, POTUS, South Korea, US Military · Leave a comment

REVEALED: The ‘Secret’ Chinese Airstrip Emerging In Maldives REVEALED: The ‘Secret’ Chinese Airstrip Emerging In Maldives Shiv Aroor   Apr 06 2017    1 51 pm   Livefist is privileged to announce that we start a special series today by COLONEL (RETD) VINAYAK BHAT (@RajFortySeven), a veteran military satellite imagery specialist. Each of Bhat’s columns, starting with today’s on […]