An excellent treatise from John Saylor. (For another extremely long
mission, enter "black buck one" in Google. That was the record until
Operation Desert Storm. I have heard that the B-2 Spirits have had longer
missions since, but there is so much secrecy with the B-2 it's hard to know
for sure.)
I believe Diego Garcia is being used right now to assist in the joint (once
again saving the world) US-Australian effort to aid the victims of the
Tsunami. And once again this effort is not sanctioned by the UN. In fact
the UN is livid at not being in charge of the vast rescue operation. Once
again, the UN demonstrates its ineffectiveness. It is 16 days after the
disaster and the UN (and the EU) has done... nothing except put out press
releases. However, I see that Singapore, New Zealand and India have joined
the US and Australia and Japan who were on site within a few days. (I am
also amazed at the reaction of the governments of the affected countries.)
I offer for your perusal the following link; you might also go and read the
December entries. http://www.diplomadic.blogspot.com/
It's a lot to read, but it is fascinating and a real eye-opener.
Denys
-----Original Message-----
From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of John Saylor
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 3:58 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: Tsunami and Diego Garcia
Being an x-military brat, stationed in San Salvador, Bahamas (now an
extension of Disney World) I use to research these military islands... More
information on Diego Garcia http://www.mydiegogarcia.com/.
Diego Garcia is said to have been discovered way back when by 2 Portuguese
men. One's last name was, yes, Diego and the other was Garcia. They had
discovered it on two separate journeys, but both arrived back about the same
time and both of them laid claim to being the first to discover a new
island. Well, since they could not agree to who found it first, they used
both their names and so today we have it--Diego Garcia.
<Snip some excellent stuff.>
* To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, *
* etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *
|
